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We analyzed the 3-mm wavelength spectral line survey of 408 ATLASGAL clumps observed with the IRAM 30m-telescope, focusing on the class I methanol masers with frequencies near 84, 95 and 104.3 GHz. We detect narrow, maser-like features…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-07-12 W. Yang , Y. Gong , K. M. Menten , J. S. Urquhart , C. Henkel , F. Wyrowski , T. Csengeri , S. P. Ellingsen , A. R. Bemis , J. Jang

We have used the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) to make new observations of the 36.2-GHz ($4_{-1}\rightarrow3_0$E) methanol transition toward NGC 4945 and NGC 253. These observations have revealed the presence of new maser…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-10-20 Tiege McCarthy , Simon Ellingsen , Shari Breen , Maxim Voronkov , Xi Chen , Hai-Hua Qiao

The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) participated in a number of survey programs to search for and image common class I methanol masers (at 36 and 44 GHz) with high angular resolution. In this paper, we discuss spatial and velocity…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-22 M. A. Voronkov , S. L. Breen , S. P. Ellingsen , C. H. Jordan

We present an interferometric survey of the 44 GHz class I methanol maser transition toward a sample of 69 sources consisting of High Mass Protostellar Object candidates and Ultracompact (UC) H II regions. We found a 38% detection rate (16…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-17 A. I. Gómez-Ruiz , S. E. Kurtz , E. D. Araya , P. Hofner , L. Loinard

Four Class I maser sources were detected at 44, 84, and 95 GHz toward chemically rich outflows in the regions of low-mass star formation NGC 1333I4A, NGC 1333I2A, HH25, and L1157. One more maser was found at 36 GHz toward a similar outflow,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 S. V. Kalenskii , V. I. Slysh , L. E. B. Johansson , P. Bergman , S. Kurtz , P. Hofner , C. M. Walmsley

We report the results of a search for class II methanol masers at 37.7, 38.3 and 38.5 GHz towards a sample of 70 high-mass star formation regions. We primarily searched towards regions known to show emission either from the 107 GHz class II…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-30 S. P. Ellingsen , S. L. Breen , A. M. Sobolev , M. A. Voronkov , J. L. Caswell , N. Lo

We have used the Australia Telescope National Facility Mopra 22m millimetre telescope to search for emission from the 85.5-GHz and 86.6-GHz transitions of methanol. The search was targeted towards 22 star formation regions which exhibit…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. P. Ellingsen , D. M. Cragg , V. Minier , E. Muller , P. D. Godfrey

We have searched for emission from the 36.2 GHz ($4_{-1} \rightarrow 3_0$E) methanol transition towards NGC 4945, using the Australia Telescope Compact Array. 36.2 GHz methanol emission was detected offset south-east from the Galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-21 Tiege P. McCarthy , Simon P. Ellingsen , Xi Chen , Shari L. Breen , Maxim A. Voronkov , Hai-hua Qiao

Context: NGC7538 is known to host a 6.7 and 12.2GHz methanol maser cospatial with a Ultra Compact (UC) HII region, IRS1. Aims: We report on the serendipitous discovery of two additional 6.7GHz methanol masers in the same region, not…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Pestalozzi , V. Minier , F. Motte , J. Conway

We report the detection of new 12.178, 12.229, 20.347, and 23.121 GHz methanol masers in the massive star-forming region G358.93-0.03, which are flaring on similarly short timescales (days) as the 6.668 GHz methanol masers also associated…

We have used the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) to search for a number of centimetre wavelength methanol transitions which are predicted to show weak maser emission towards star formation regions. Sensitive, high spatial and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-11-15 Antony Chipman , Simon Ellingsen , Andrej Sobolev , Dinah Cragg

We have used the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) to conduct further observations of the 36.2-GHz ($4_{-1}\rightarrow3_0$E) methanol transition towards the nearby active galaxy NGC 4945. These observations have led to a more…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-22 Tiege P. McCarthy , Simon P. Ellingsen , Shari L. Breen , Christian Henkel , Maxim A. Voronkov

We have used the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) to search for emission from the $4_{-1} \rightarrow 3_{0}E$ transition of methanol (36.2 GHz) towards the center of the nearby starburst galaxy NGC253. Two regions of emission were…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Simon Ellingsen , Xi Chen , Hai-Hua Qiao , Willem Baan , Tao An , Juan Li , Shari Breen

We have detected emission from both the 4_{-1}-3_{0} E (36.2~GHz) class I and 7_{-2}-8_{-1} E (37.7~GHz) class II methanol transitions towards the centre of the closest ultra-luminous infrared galaxy Arp 220. The emission in both the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Xi Chen , Simon P. Ellingsen , Willem A. Baan , Hai-Hua Qiao , Juan Li , Tao An , Shari L. Breen

Results of a survey of Galactic star-forming regions in the lines of methanol 8_{-1}-7_0E at 229.8 GHz, 3_{-2}-4_{-1}E at 230.0 GHz, 0_0-1_{-1}E at 108.9 GHz, and a series of methanol lines J_1-J_0E near 165 GHz are presented. Two masers,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. V. Kalenskii , V. I. Slysh , I. E. Val'tts

Recently, a comparison between the locations of 6.7-GHz methanol masers and dust continuum emission has renewed speculation that these masers can be associated with evolved stars. The implication of such a scenario would be profound,…

Methanol masers which are traditionally divided into two classes provide possibility to study important parts of the star forming regions: Class~II masers trace vicinities of the massive YSOs while class~I masers are likely to trace more…

The 6.7 GHz methanol maser is exclusively associated with high-mass star formation. However, it remains unclear what structures harbour the methanol masers. Cepheus A is one of the closest regions of massive star formation, making it an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 K. J. E. Torstensson , H. J. van Langevelde , W. H. T. Vlemmings , S. Bourke

We have used the Swedish ESO Submillimetre Telescope (SEST) to search for new class II methanol maser transitions towards the southern source G345.01+1.79. Over a period of 5 days we observed 11 known or predicted class II methanol maser…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-11 S. P. Ellingsen , A. M. Sobolev , D. M. Cragg , P. D. Godfrey

We present a survey of 56 massive star-forming regions in the 44 GHz methanol maser transition made with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA); 24 of the 56 fields showed maser emission. The data allow us to demonstrate associations, at…