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We present definitive detection statistics for 12.2 GHz methanol masers towards a complete sample of 6.7 GHz methanol masers detected in the Methanol Multibeam survey south of declination -20 degrees. In total, we detect 250 12.2 GHz…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 Shari Breen , Simon Ellingsen , James Caswell , James Green , Gary Fuller , Maxim Voronkov , Lyshia Quinn , Adam Avison

We present a comprehensive study of formaldehyde (H2CO) absorption and radio recombination line (H110a) emission in 215 molecular clouds from the Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey (BGPS), observed using the Nanshan 25-m radio telescope. H2CO…

We report the detection of new ammonia masers in the non-metastable (8,6) and (11,9) transitions towards the massive star forming region NGC6334I. Observations were made with the ATCA interferometer and the emitting region appears…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. J. Walsh , S. N. Longmore , S. Thorwirth , J. S. Urquhart , C. R. Purcell

Using the IRAM 30-m telescope and the 15-m JCMT, we explore the value of para-formaldehyde (p-H_2CO) as a tracer of density and temperature of the molecular gas in external galaxies. The target of our observations are the lobes of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Mühle , E. R. Seaquist , C. Henkel

This is the second paper in a series of catalogues of 22-GHz water maser observations towards the 6.7-GHz methanol masers from the Methanol Multibeam (MMB) Survey. In this paper we present our water maser observations made with the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-23 A. M. Titmarsh , S. P. Ellingsen , S. L. Breen , J. L. Caswell , M. A. Voronkov

We have conducted the first parallax and proper motion measurements of 6.7 GHz methanol maser emission using the Australian Long Baseline Array (LBA). The parallax of G339.884$-$1.259 measured from five epochs of observations is 0.48$\pm…

The results of the study of the maser emission source IRAS 18316$-$0602 in the H$_2$O line at $\lambda =1.35$ cm are reported. The observations have been carried out at the RT-22 radio telescope of the Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-03-28 E. E. Lekht , M. I. Pashchenko , G. M. Rudnitskij , A. M. Tolmachev

We present the results of 22 GHz H_2O maser observations of a sample of 85 post-Asymptotic Giant Branch (post-AGB) candidate stars, selected on the basis of their OH 1612 MHz maser and far-infrared properties. All sources were observed with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. M. Deacon , J. M. Chapman , A. J. Green , M. N. Sevenster

We present a submm study of the massive hot core G327.3-0.6 that constrains its physical parameters and environment. The APEX telescope was used to image CO and N2H+ emission, to observe lines from other molecules toward a hot and a cold…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 F. Wyrowski , K. M. Menten , P. Schilke , S. Thorwirth , R. Guesten , P. Bergman

We present a pilot survey of 21 lines of sight towards UCHII regions in the H2CO 1-1 (6cm) and 2-2 (2cm) transitions, using the H2CO centimeter lines as a molecular gas densitometer. Using Arecibo and Green Bank beam-matched observations,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-07-27 Adam Ginsburg , Jeremy Darling , Cara Battersby , Ben Zeiger , John Bally

We present observations of the H2O megamasers in the accretion disk of NGC 6323. By combining interferometric and spectral monitoring data, we estimate H$_{0} = 73^{+26}_{-22}$ km/s/Mpc, where the low strength of the systemic masers (<15…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 C. Y. Kuo , J. A. Braatz , K. Y. Lo , M. J. Reid , S. H. Suyu , D. W. Pesce , J. J. Condon , C. Henkel , C. M. V. Impellizzeri

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

Observations of various molecular lines toward a disk region of a nearby galaxy are now feasible, and they are being employed as diagnostic tools to study star-formation activities there. However, the spatial resolution attainable for a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-07-17 Yuri Nishimura , Yoshimasa Watanabe , Nanase Harada , Kotaro Kohno , Satoshi Yamamoto

We present the results of astrometric observations with VERA toward the H2O maser sources in IRAS 05137+3919, which is thought to be located in the far outer Galaxy. We have derived the parallax of \pi = 0.086 +/- 0.027 mas, which…

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

The millimeter-wave rotational emission lines (4(04)-3(03) and 5(05)-4(04)) of protonated carbon dioxide, HCO2+(HOCO+), has been detected toward the low-mass class 0 protostar IRAS 04368+2557 in L1527 with the IRAM 30 m telescope. This is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Nami Sakai , Takeshi Sakai , Yuri Aikawa , Satoshi Yamamoto

We report the results of a search for 12.2-GHz methanol maser emission, targeted towards 113 known 6.7-GHz methanol masers associated with 1.2-mm dust continuum emission. Observations were carried out with the Australia Telescope National…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 S. L. Breen , S. P. Ellingsen , J. L. Caswell , B. E. Lewis

Context: The Red MSX Source (RMS) survey has identified a large sample of candidate massive young stellar objects (MYSOs) and ultra compact (UC) HII regions from a sample of ~2000 MSX and 2MASS colour selected sources. Aims: To search for…

Methanol masers at 6.7 GHz are associated with high-mass star-forming regions (HMSFRs) and often have mid-infrared (MIR) counterparts characterized by extended emission at 4.5 $\mu$m, which likely traces outflows from massive young stellar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-05-08 Anna Bartkiewicz , Marian Szymczak , Huib van Langevelde

G339.88-1.26 is considered to be a good candidate for a massive star with a circumstellar disk. This has been supported by the observations of linearly distributed methanol maser spots believed to delineate this disk, and mid-infrared…