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阿雷西博甲醇脉泽银道面巡天- III:距离和亮度

The Arecibo Methanol Maser Galactic Plane Survey - III: Distances and Luminosities

J. D. Pandian, K. M. Menten, P. F. Goldsmith

摘要:

我们推导出运动学距离的86 6.7 GHz甲醇脉泽发现在阿雷西博甲醇脉泽银河平面调查。系统的速度来源于13 CO(J=2-1),CS(J=5-4),和NH3的ARO亚毫米望远镜,APEX望远镜,和Effelsberg 100米望远镜的观测,分别。运动学距离的模糊性,解决了使用HI自吸收与HI数据从VLA银河平面调查。我们观察到的远距离辐射源大约是近距离辐射源的三倍。源的垂直分布的标度高度约为30 pc,远低于银河系薄盘。我们使用在这项工作中导出的距离,以确定6.7 GHz脉泽发射的光度函数。光度函数在约10^{-6} L_sun处有一个峰值。假设这个光度函数适用,甲醇脉泽人口在大麦云和M33至少是4和14倍,分别比我们的银河系。

英文摘要:

We derive kinematic distances to the 86 6.7 GHz methanol masers discovered in the Arecibo Methanol Maser Galactic Plane Survey. The systemic velocities of the sources were derived from 13CO (J=2-1), CS (J=5-4), and NH3 observations made with the ARO Submillimeter Telescope, the APEX telescope, and the Effelsberg 100 m telescope, respectively. Kinematic distance ambiguities were resolved using HI self-absorption with HI data from the VLA Galactic Plane Survey. We observe roughly three times as many sources at the far distance compared to the near distance. The vertical distribution of the sources has a scale height of ~ 30 pc, and is much lower than that of the Galactic thin disk. We use the distances derived in this work to determine the luminosity function of 6.7 GHz maser emission. The luminosity function has a peak at approximately 10^{-6} L_sun. Assuming that this luminosity function applies, the methanol maser population in the Large Magellanic Cloud and M33 is at least 4 and 14 times smaller, respectively, than in our Galaxy.

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