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We have used the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) to search for 6.7-GHz methanol maser emission towards 87 galaxies. We chose the target sources using several criteria, including far-IR luminosities and the presence of known OH…

Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-25 C. J. Phillips , R. P. Norris , S. P. Ellingsen , D. P. Rayner

The results of a maser survey toward ninety-nine protostars in the Orion molecular cloud complex are presented. The target sources are low-mass protostars identified from infrared observations. Single-dish observations were carried out in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-17 Miju Kang , Jeong-Eun Lee , Minho Choi , Yunhee Choi , Kee-Tae Kim , James Di Francesco , Yong-Sun Park

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

Methanol masers at 6.7 GHz have been found exclusively towards high-mass star forming regions. Recently, some Class 0 protostars have been found to display conditions similar to what are found in hot cores that are associated with massive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. D. Pandian , S. Leurini , K. M. Menten , A. Belloche , P. F. Goldsmith

The results of a survey of 63 galactic star-forming regions in the 6_K-5_K and 5_K-4_K methyl acetylene lines at 102 and 85 GHz, respectively, are presented. Fourty-three sources were detected at 102 GHz, and twenty-five at 85 GHz. Emission…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. V. Alakoz , S. V. Kalenskii , V. G. Promislov , L. E. B. Johansson , A. Winnberg

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

A southern hemisphere survey of methanol emission sources in two millimeter wave transitions has been carried out using the ATNF Mopra millimetre telescope. Sixteen emission sources have been detected in the 3(1)-4(0)A+ transition of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 I. E. Valtts , S. P. Ellingsen , V. I. Slysh , S. V. Kalenskii , R. Otrupcek , M. A. Voronkov

The Cygnus X complex is covered by the Global View of Star Formation in the Milky Way (GLOSTAR) survey, an unbiased radio-wavelength Galactic plane survey, in 4--8 GHz continuum radiation and several spectral lines. The GLOSTAR survey…

We present accurate absolute astrometry of 6.7 GHz methanol masers detected in the Arecibo Methanol Maser Galactic Plane Survey using MERLIN and the Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA). We estimate the absolute astrometry to be accurate to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 J. D. Pandian , E. Momjian , Y. Xu , K. M. Menten , P. F. Goldsmith

Methanol, one of the simplest complex organic molecules in the Interstellar Medium (ISM), has been shown to be present and extended in cold environments such as starless cores. We aim at studying methanol emission across several starless…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-22 S. Spezzano , A. Fuente , P. Caselli , A. Vasyunin , D. Navarro-Almaida , M. Rodríguez-Baras , A. Punanova , C. Vastel , V. Wakelam

The detection of the 6.7 GHz line of methanol (CH3OH) is reported for the first time toward an object beyond the Magellanic Clouds. Using the Effelsberg 100 m telescope, two absorption features were identified toward the Seyfert 2 galaxy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. M. V. Impellizzeri , C. Henkel , A. L. Roy , K. M. Menten

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. Class II methanol masers at 6.7 and 12.2 GHz occur close to high-mass young stellar objects (HMYSOs). When they are observed simultaneously, such studies may contribute to refining the characterisation of local physical conditions.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-28 M. Durjasz , M. Szymczak , P. Wolak , A. Bartkiewicz

We report the results of 870-$\mu$m continuum observations, using the Large APEX Bolometer Camera (LABOCA), towards 77 class-II, 6.7-GHz methanol masers identified by the Methanol Multibeam (MMB) survey to map the thermal emission from cool…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 J. S. Urquhart , T. J. T. Moore , K. M. Menten , C. König , F. Wyrowski , M. A. Thompson , T. Csengeri , S. Leurini , D. J. Eden

We present new observations of the quiescent giant molecular cloud GCM0.253+0.016 in the Galactic center, using the upgraded Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array. Observations were made at wavelengths near 1 cm, at K (24 to 26 GHz) and Ka (27…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 E. A. C. Mills , N. Butterfield , D. A. Ludovici , C. C. Lang , J. Ott , M. R. Morris , S. Schmitz

We present evidence of 6.7 GHz methanol (CH3OH)~and 4.8 GHz formaldehyde (H2CO) absorption towards the Galactic Center (GC) point-source `N3'. Both absorption features are unresolved and spatially aligned with N3. The 6.7 GHz CH3OH contains…

We present the fourth portion of a Galactic Plane survey of methanol masers at 6668 MHz, spanning the longitude range 186 degrees to 330 degrees. We report 207 maser detections, 89 new to the survey. This completes the southern sky part of…

We present 247-GHz molecular line observations of methanol (CH$_3$OH) toward sixteen massive star-forming regions, using the APEX telescope with an angular resolution of $25''$. The sample covers a range of evolutionary states, including…

We present the results of an unbiased survey for 6.7 GHz methanol masers in the Galactic plane carried out using the 305 m Arecibo radio telescope. A total of 18.2 square degrees was surveyed with uniform sampling at 35.2 deg < l < 53.7…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Jagadheep D. Pandian , Paul F. Goldsmith , Avinash A. Deshpande