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The Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) spans the inner ~450 pc (3 degrees) of our Galaxy. This region is defined by its enhanced molecular emission and contains 5% of the entire Galaxy's molecular gas mass. However, the number of detected star…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-01-16 Matthew Rickert , F. Yusef-Zadeh , J. Ott

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 review properties of all known collisionally pumped (class I) methanol maser series based on observations with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) and the Mopra radio telescope. Masers at 36, 84, 44 and 95 GHz are most…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 M. A. Voronkov , J. L. Caswell , S. P. Ellingsen , S. L. Breen , T. R. Britton , J. A. Green , A. M. Sobolev , A. J. Walsh

6.7 GHz methanol masers are the brightest of class II methanol masers that are regarded as excellent signposts in the formation of young massive stars. We present here a molecular line study of 68 6.7 GHz methanol maser hosts chosen from…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-09 Sonu Tabitha Paulson , Jagadheep D. Pandian

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

Fifty-one objects in the 5_{-1}-4_0E methanol line at 84.5 GHz were detected during a survey of Class I maser sources. Narrow maser features were found in 17 of these. Broad quasi-thermal lines were detected towards other sources. One of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 S. V. Kalenskii , V. I. Slysh , I. E. Val'tts , A. Winngerg , L. E. B. Johansson

We report on a large 44 GHz ($7_0-6_1$ A$^+$) methanol (CH$_3$OH) maser survey of the Galactic Center (GC). The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array was used to search for CH$_3$OH maser emission covering a large fraction of the region around…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-07 Bridget McEwen , Loránt Sjouwerman , Ylva Pihlström

We present a survey of OH maser emission towards a sample of high mass protostellar objects made using the Nancay and GBT telescopes.OH maser emission was detected towards 63 objects with 36 new detections. There are 56 star-forming regions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. A. Edris , G. A. Fuller , R. J . Cohen

Context: Methanol masers at 6.7GHz are recognised markers of high-mass star formation regions. The study of their distribution in the Galaxy gives important insights into the star formation activity of the Milky Way. We present a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Michele R. Pestalozzi , A. Chrysostomou , J. Collett , V. Minier , J. Conway , R. Booth

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 conducted a Galactic plane survey of methanol masers at 6668 MHz using a 7-beam receiver on the Parkes telescope. Here we present results from the first part, which provides sensitive unbiased coverage of a large region around the…

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…

A sensitive search for 6.7--GHz methanol maser emission has been made towards 10 galaxies that have yielded detectable microwave molecular--line transitions. These include several which show OH megamaser or superluminous \water\/ maser…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 S. P. Ellingsen , R. P. Norris , J. B. Whiteoak , R. A. Vaile , P. M. McCulloch , M. Price

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

Context: Methanol masers of Class I (collisionally-pumped) and Class II (radiatively-pumped) have been studied in great detail in our Galaxy in a variety of astrophysical environments such as shocks and star-forming regions and are helpful…

We have used the Australia Telescope Compact Array to undertake the first high-resolution observations of the 19.9-GHz methanol maser transition. The emission is coincident with the location of the targeted 6.7-GHz methanol masers to within…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 Vasaant Krishnan , Simon Ellingsen , Maxim Voronkov , Shari Breen

We report on the interferometric detection of 36.2 GHz Class I methanol emission with the new 27-40 GHz Ka band receivers available on the Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA). The brightness temperatures of the interferometric 36 GHz…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 Lorant O. Sjouwerman , Ylva M. Pihlstrom , Vincent L. Fish

We investigate which structures the 6.7 GHz methanol masers trace in the environment of high-mass protostar candidates by observing a homogenous sample of methanol masers selected from Torun surveys. We also probed their origins by looking…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 A. Bartkiewicz , M. Szymczak , H. J. van Langevelde , A. M. S. Richards , Y. M. Pihlstrom

A survey of young bipolar outflows in regions of low-to-intermediate-mass star formation has been carried out in two class I methanol maser transitions: 7_0-6_1A+ at 44 GHz and 4_{-1}-3_0E at 36 GHz. We detected narrow features towards NGC…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 S. V. Kalenskii , L. E. B. Johansson , P. Bergman , S. Kurtz , P. Hofner , C. M. Walmsley , V. I. Slysh

The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) and the Mopra facility have been used to search for new southern class I methanol masers at 9.9, 25 (J=5) and 104 GHz, which are thought to trace more energetic conditions in the interface…