High-resolution SOFIA/EXES Spectroscopy of SO Gas in the Massive Young Stellar Object MonR2 IRS3: Implications for the Sulfur Budget.

Sulfur has been observed to be severely depleted in dense clouds leading to uncertainty in the molecules that contain it and the chemistry behind their evolution. Here, we aim to shed light on the sulfur chemistry in young stellar objects (YSOs) by using high-resolution infrared spectroscopy of absorption by the rovibrational band of SO obtained with the Echelon-Cross-Echelle Spectrograph on the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy. Using local thermodynamic equilibrium models we derive physical parameters for the SO gas in the massive YSO MonR2 IRS3.