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The 22.2 GHz water masers are often associated with the 6.7 GHz methanol masers but owing to the different excitation conditions they likely probe independent spatial and kinematic regions around the powering young massive star. We compared…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 Anna Bartkiewicz , Marian Szymczak , Huib Jan van Langevelde

In this paper we use observations of molecular tracers in metal rich and alpha-enhanced galaxies to study the effect of abundance changes on molecular chemistry. We selected a sample of metal rich spiral and star bursting objects from the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Timothy A. Davis , Estelle Bayet , Alison Crocker , Selcuk Topal , Martin Bureau

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 present a study of molecular outflows using high-resolution mapping of the CO (1-0) line emission toward eight relatively nearby 6.7 GHz methanol masers, which are associated with massive star forming regions. Outflows were detected in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Y. Xu , Z. -Q. Shen , J. Yang , X. W. Zheng , A. Miyazaki , K. Sunada , H. J. Ma , J. J. Li , J. X. Sun , C. C. Pei

Periodic flares of maser emission are thought to be induced either by variations of the seed photon flux in young binary systems or the pump rate regulated by stellar and accretion luminosities. We seek to study the variability of four…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-05 Mateusz Olech , Marian Szymczak , Paweł Wolak , Eric Gérard , Anna Bartkiewicz

The ATCA has been used to measure positions with arcsecond accuracy for 379 masers at the 22-GHz transition of water. The principal observation targets were 202 OH masers of the variety associated with star formation regions (SFR)s in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 Shari Breen , James Caswell , Simon Ellingsen , Chris Phillips

The results of a survey searching for outflows using near-infrared imaging is presented. Targets were chosen from a compiled list of massive young stellar objects (YSOs) associated with methanol masers in linear distributions. Presently, it…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 James M. De Buizer

Class II methanol (CH$_{3}$OH) masers are amongst the clearest signposts of recent high-mass star formation (HMSF). A complete catalogue outlines the distribution of star formation in the Galaxy, the number of young star-forming cores, and…

We report the results of a sensitive search for 12.2 GHz methanol maser emission towards a sample of eight high-mass star formation regions in the Large Magellanic Clouds which have been detected in other maser transitions. We detected one…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 S. P. Ellingsen , S. L. Breen , J. L. Caswell , L. J. Quinn , G. A. Fuller

Class I methanol masers are found to be good tracers of the interaction between outflows from massive young stellar objects with their surrounding media. Although polarization observations of Class II methanol masers have been able to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-16 Ji-hyun Kang , Do-Young Byun , Kee-Tae Kim , Jongsoo Kim , Aran Lyo , W. H. T. Vlemmings

We report the results of our systematic survey for Galactic 6.7 GHz Class II CH$_3$OH maser emission toward a sample of young stellar objects. The survey was conducted with the Shanghai Tianma Radio Telescope (TMRT). The sample consists of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-06-14 Kai Yang , Xi Chen , Zhi-Qiang Shen , Xiao-Qiong Li , Jun-Zhi Wang , Dong-Rong Jiang , Juan Li , Jian Dong , Ya-Jun Wu , Hai-Hua Qiao

The ATCA, MERLIN and VLA interferometers were used to measure the absolute positions of 35 6.7 GHz methanol masers to subarcsecond or higher accuracy. Our measurements represent essential preparatory data for Very Long Baseline…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 Y. Xu , M. A. Voronkov , J. D. Pandian , J. J. Li , A. M. Sobolev , A. Brunthaler , B. Ritter , K. M. Menten

We present high angular resolution Submillimeter Array (SMA) and Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) observations of the massive protocluster G18.67+0.03. Previously targeted in maser surveys of GLIMPSE Extended Green Objects (EGOs), this…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-11 C. J. Cyganowski , C. L. Brogan , T. R. Hunter , Q. Zhang , R. K. Friesen , R. Indebetouw , C. J. Chandler

We report the discovery of periodic flares of 6.7GHz methanol maser in the young massive stellar object G22.357+0.066. The target was monitored in the methanol maser line over 20 months with the Torun 32m telescope. The emission was also…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 M. Szymczak , P. Wolak , A. Bartkiewicz , H. J. van Langevelde

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 introduce a study of the massive star forming region IRAS 18144--1723 using observations of the 6.7 GHz methanol maser line. Such regions are opaque at short wavelengths but can be observed through radio emission lines. In this study we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-07 Esraa Khafagy , khaled A. Edris , Osama M. Shalabiea , Anna Bartkiewicz , Anita M. S. Richards , Zainab Awad

The 6.7~GHz methanol maser transition is exclusively associated with young, high-mass stars and represents a potential target for astrometric studies, including accurate determination of their distance through trigonometric parallax…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-21 Lucas J. Hyland , Simon P. Ellingsen , Mark J. Reid

A new astronomical window into the southern skies has been opened with the high-frequency upgrade to the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), which allows radio-interferometric mapping of sources at wavelengths as short as 3mm. In…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 T. Wong , A. Melatos

Four ground-state OH transitions were detected in emission, absorption and maser emission in the Southern Parkes Large-Area Survey in Hydroxyl (SPLASH). We re-observed these OH masers with the Australia Telescope Compact Array to obtain…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-22 Hai-Hua Qiao , Andrew J. Walsh , Zhi-Qiang Shen

We report the results of a systematic survey for 95 GHz class I methanol masers towards a new sample of 192 massive young stellar object (MYSO) candidates associated with ongoing outflows (known as extended green objects or EGOs) identified…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Xi Chen , Simon P. Ellingsen , Zhi-Qiang Shen , Anita Titmarsh , Cong-Gui Gan