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With the 100-m telescope at Effelsberg, 19 ammonia (NH3) maser lines have been detected toward the prominent massive star forming region W51-IRS2. Eleven of these inversion lines, the (J,K) = (6,2), (5,3), (7,4), (8,5), (7,6), (7,7), (9,7),…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 C. Henkel , T. L. Wilson , H. Asiri , R. Mauersberger

We report the first detection of a hot molecular core outside our Galaxy based on radio observations with ALMA toward a high-mass young stellar object (YSO) in a nearby low metallicity galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Molecular…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-17 Takashi Shimonishi , Takashi Onaka , Akiko Kawamura , Yuri Aikawa

We infer the absolute time dependence of kinematic gas temperature along a proposed orbit of molecular clouds in the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) of the Galactic Center (GC). Ammonia gas temperature maps are one of the results of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-22 Nico Krieger , Jürgen Ott , Fabian Walter , J. M. Diederik Kruijssen , Henrik Beuther , the SWAG team

The present survey represents a continuation of our study of high mass star forming regions in the lines of deuterated molecules, the first results of which were published in Trofimova et al. (2020). This paper presents the results of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-17 E. Trofimova , I. Zinchenko , P. Zemlyanukha , M. Thomasson

The ammonia (J,K) = (1,1), (2,2), (3,3), and (4,4) transitions at 23.7 -- 24.1 GHz region were searched for in a nearby galaxy Maffei 2 to study relation between molecular abundances and physical conditions in galaxies. The (1,1), (2,2),…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Shuro Takano , Naomasa Nakai , Kentarou Kawaguchi , Toshiaki Takano

We present fully-sampled maps of 461 GHz CO (4-3), 807 GHz CO (7-6), and 492 GHz [CI] (3P1-3P0) emission from the inner 3 degrees of the Galactic Center region taken with the Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory (AST/RO)…

Hundreds of high-velocity atomic gas clouds exist above and below the Galactic Centre, with some containing a molecular component. However, the origin of these clouds in the Milky Way's wind is unclear. This paper presents new…

We present high-resolution (~2-3"; ~0.1 pc) radio observations of the Galactic center cloud M0.10-0.08 using the Very Large Array at K and Ka band (~25 and 36 GHz). The M0.10-0.08 cloud is located in a complex environment near the Galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-21 Natalie O. Butterfield , Cornelia C. Lang , Adam Ginsburg , Mark R. Morris , Juergen Ott , Dominic A. Ludovici

We present a three-pointing study of the molecular gas in the starburst nucleus of M82 based on 190 - 307 GHz spectra obtained with Z-Spec at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. We present intensity measurements, detections and upper…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 B. J. Naylor , C. M. Bradford , J. E. Aguirre , J. J. Bock , L. Earle , J. Glenn , H. Inami , J. Kamenetzky , P. R. Maloney , H. Matsuhara , H. T. Nguyen , J. Zmuidzinas

(abridged) We present ATCA and GBT observations of ammonia (NH3) toward the ultraluminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG) merger Arp220. We detect the NH3 (1,1), (2,2), (3,3), (4,4), (5,5), and (6,6) inversion lines in absorption against the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Juergen Ott , Christian Henkel , James A Braatz , Axel Weiss

Context. This study is part of a large project to study the physics of accretion and molecular outflows towards a selected sample of high-mass star-forming regions that show evidence of infall and rotation from previous studies. Aims. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 M. T. Beltran , R. Cesaroni , Q. Zhang , R. Galvan-Madrid , H. Beuther , C. Fallscheer , R. Neri , C. Codella

[Abridged] Our aim is to explore the gas dynamics and the accretion process in the early phase of high-mass star formation. The inward motion of molecular gas in the massive star forming region G34.26+0.15 is investigated by using…

We summarize all available 13CO and accompanying 12CO measurements of local galaxy centers in transitions of J=5-4 and higher, including new APEX 13CO(6-5) and 12CO(6-5) observations of 11 galaxies. The observed integrated temperature…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-06 F. P. Israel , R. Gusten , A. Lundgren

We report on the discovery of cool gas inflow toward six star-forming galaxies with redshifts z ~ 0.35 - 1. Analysis of MgII and FeII resonance-line absorption in Keck/LRIS spectroscopy of this sample reveals velocity shifts of 80 - 200…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Kate H. R. Rubin , J. Xavier Prochaska , David C. Koo , Andrew C. Phillips

The Red MSX Source (RMS) survey has identified a sample of ~1200 massive young stellar objects (MYSOs), compact and ultra compact HII regions from a sample of ~2000 MSX and 2MASS colour selected sources. We have used the 100 m Green Bank…

We present HST GHRS and STIS observations of five QSOs that probe the prominent high-velocity cloud (HVC) Complex C, covering 10% of the northern sky. Based upon a single sightline measurement (Mrk 290), a metallicity [S/H]=-1.05+/-0.12 has…

We report the results of subparsec-scale submillimeter observations towards an embedded high-mass young stellar object in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) with ALMA. Complementary infrared data obtained with the AKARI satellite and the…

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…

(Abridged) Aims. In the present part of our survey we search for ammonia emitters in the Aquila rift complex which trace the densest regions of molecular clouds. Methods. From a CO survey carried out with the Delingha 14-m telescope we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 S. A. Levshakov , C. Henkel , D. Reimers , M. Wang , R. Mao , H. Wang , Y. Xu