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NGC 7538 IRS 1中罕见的23.1-GHz甲醇脉泽

The Rare 23.1-GHz Methanol Masers in NGC 7538 IRS 1

Roberto Galván-Madrid, Gabriela Montes, Edgar A. Ramírez, Stan Kurtz, Esteban Araya, Peter Hofner

摘要:

本文报道了23.1 GHz甲醇(CH_3OH)向双星形成区NGC 7538 IRS 1跃迁的高角分辨率(FWHM_beam < 0.2”)观测。Wilson等人先前报道的两个速度分量被分解为亮度温度(T_B)大于10^4 K的明显空间特征,证明了它们的脉泽性质。因此,NGC 7538 IRS 1是第三个被证实在该频率上有甲醇脉泽发射的区域。较亮的23.1-GHz光斑与一个罕见的甲醛(H_2CO)脉泽位置一致,与一个22.2-GHz的水(H_2O)脉泽位置接近,我们报告了它们的档案观测结果。较弱的CH_3OH点与H_2O脉泽一致。23.1-GHz脉泽的T_B与12.2-GHz CH_3OH脉泽的T_B之比与模型预测基本一致。而23.1-GHz的斑点与其他频率的CH_3OH脉泽位置有偏移。这是很难解释的模型,假设所有的脉泽来自相同的团块,但它可能是由于气体内的湍流条件或背景辐射场的快速变化。

英文摘要:

We present high angular resolution (FWHM_beam < 0.2") observations of the 23.1-GHz methanol (CH_3OH) transition toward the massive-star forming region NGC 7538 IRS 1. The two velocity components previously reported by Wilson et al. are resolved into distinct spatial features with brightness temperatures (T_B) greater than 10^4 K, proving their maser nature. Thus, NGC 7538 IRS 1 is the third region confirmed to show methanol maser emission at this frequency. The brighter 23.1-GHz spot coincides in position with a rare formaldehyde (H_2CO) maser, and marginally with a 22.2-GHz water (H_2O) maser, for which we report archival observations. The weaker CH_3OH spot coincides with an H_2O maser. The ratio of T_B for the 23.1-GHz masers to that of the well-known 12.2-GHz CH_3OH masers in this region roughly agrees with model predictions. However, the 23.1-GHz spots are offset in position from the CH_3OH masers at other frequencies. This is difficult to interpret in terms of models that assume that all the masers arise from the same clumps, but it may result from turbulent conditions within the gas or rapid variations in the background radiation field.

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