Multitransition study and new detections of class II methanol masers

被引:45
作者
Cragg, DM [1 ]
Sobolev, AM
Ellingsen, SP
Caswell, JL
Godfrey, PD
Salii, SV
Dodson, RG
机构
[1] Monash Univ, Dept Chem, Clayton, Vic 3800, Australia
[2] Ural State Univ, Astron Observ, Ekaterinburg 620083, Russia
[3] Univ Tasmania, Sch Math & Phys, Hobart, Tas 7001, Australia
[4] CSIRO, Australia Telescope Natl Facil, Epping, NSW 2121, Australia
关键词
masers; HII regions; ISM : molecules; radio lines : ISM;
D O I
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04294.x
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We have used the ATNF Mopra antenna and the SEST antenna to search in the directions of several class II methanol maser sources for emission from six methanol transitions in the frequency range 85-115 GHz. The transitions were selected from excitation studies as potential maser candidates. Methanol emission at one or more frequencies was detected from five of the maser sources, as well as from Orion KL. Although the lines are weak, we find evidence of maser origin for three new lines in G345.01+1.79, and possibly one new line in G9.62+0.20. The observations, together with published maser observations at other frequencies, are compared with methanol maser modelling for G345.01+1.79 and NGC 6334F. We find that the majority of observations in both sources are consistent with a warm dust (175K) pumping model at hydrogen density similar to 10(6)cm(-3) and methanol column density similar to5 x 10(17) cm(-2). The substantial differences between the maser spectra in the two sources can be attributed to the geometry of the maser region.
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页码:939 / 951
页数:13
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