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麦哲伦星云中甲醇和受激OH的多束脉泽巡天:新的探测和脉泽丰度估算

Multibeam Maser Survey of methanol and excited OH in the Magellanic Clouds: new detections and maser abundance estimates

J. A. Green, J. L. Caswell, G. A. Fuller, S. L. Breen, K. Brooks, M. G. Burton, A. Chrysostomou, J. Cox, P. J. Diamond, S. P. Ellingsen, M. D. Gray, M. G. Hoare… 展开作者

J. A. Green, J. L. Caswell, G. A. Fuller, S. L. Breen, K. Brooks, M. G. Burton, A. Chrysostomou, J. Cox, P. J. Diamond, S. P. Ellingsen, M. D. Gray, M. G. Hoare, M. R. W. Masheder, N. McClure-Griffiths, M. Pestalozzi, C. Phillips, L. Quinn, M. A. Thompson, M. Voronkov, A. Walsh, D. Ward-Thompson, D. Wong-McSweeney, J. A. Yates, R. J. Cohen

摘要:

本文介绍了6668兆赫甲醇和6035兆赫激发态氢氧脉泽对大麦哲伦云和小麦哲伦云的首次完整巡天结果。除调查外,还对已知的恒星形成区进行了更高灵敏度的有针对性的搜索。观测结果显示,在大麦云星云(LMC)中,在恒星形成区N160 a附近发现了第四个6668 MHz的甲醇脉泽,在N157 a附近发现了第二个6035 MHz的激发态羟基脉泽。我们还重新观测了三个已知的6668兆赫甲醇脉泽和一个6035兆赫的羟基脉泽。我们未能探测到小麦哲伦星云中任何一种跃迁的辐射。所有观测最初都是使用64米帕克斯望远镜上的甲醇多波束(MMB)测量接收器进行的,这是MMB项目的一部分,准确的位置是用澳大利亚望远镜紧凑阵列(ATCA)测量的。我们比较了麦哲伦星云中的脉泽种群与我们的银河系,并讨论了它们对大质量恒星形成的相对速率,重金属丰度和复杂分子丰度的影响。LMC脉泽人口被证明是小于他们的银河系同行。甲醇脉泽的丰度比我们的银河系低45倍,而羟基和水脉泽的丰度比我们的银河系低10倍。

英文摘要:

We present the results of the first complete survey of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds for 6668-MHz methanol and 6035-MHz excited-state hydroxyl masers. In addition to the survey, higher-sensitivity targeted searches towards known star-formation regions were conducted. The observations yielded the discovery of a fourth 6668-MHz methanol maser in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), found towards the star-forming region N160a, and a second 6035-MHz excited-state hydroxyl maser, found towards N157a. We have also re-observed the three previously known 6668-MHz methanol masers and the single 6035-MHz hydroxyl maser. We failed to detect emission from either transition in the Small Magellanic Cloud. All observations were initially made using the Methanol Multibeam (MMB) survey receiver on the 64-m Parkes telescope as part of the MMB project and accurate positions have been measured with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). We compare the maser populations in the Magellanic Clouds with those of our Galaxy and discuss their implications for the relative rates of massive star-formation, heavy metal abundance, and the abundance of complex molecules. The LMC maser populations are demonstrated to be smaller than their Milky Way counterparts. Methanol masers are under-abundant by a factor of ~45, whilst hydroxyl and water masers are a factor of ~10 less abundant than our Galaxy.

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