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55 MHz OH线路的搜索

A search for the 55 MHz OH line

Visweshwar Ram Marthi, Jayaram N. Chengalur

摘要:

OH分子在银河系中大量存在,在厘米波长的基态转动能级(J = 3/2)上有四个跃迁。这些是J=3/2态的λ双重态的F+和F-超精细能级之间的E1跃迁。在53.171 MHz和55.128 MHz的频率处,在每个双重态内的超精细能级之间也存在禁止的M1跃迁。这些信号非常微弱,因此很难检测到。然而,在特殊条件下,产生这些谱线的能级粒子数有可能被反转,在这种情况下,通过它们的脉泽发射就有可能探测到它们。我们描述的观测诊断,以确定何时超精细水平被倒置,并确定W 44附近的区域,这些条件得到满足。在W 44附近的这个目标上,使用GMRT的四个天线和新的GMRT软件后端(GSB)上的低频馈电对这些超精细OH线进行了高速度分辨率搜索。我们放置一个3-西格玛上限~17.3 Jy(在1公里/秒的速度分辨率)的55 MHz线从这个地区。这相当于提供背景的银河系同步辐射放大的上限为3 × 10^8。

英文摘要:

The OH molecule, found abundantly in the Milky Way, has four transitions at the ground state rotational level(J = 3/2) at cm wavelengths. These are E1 transitions between the F+ and F- hyperfine levels of the Lambda doublet of the J=3/2 state. There are also forbidden M1 transitions between the hyperfine levels within each of the doublet states occuring at frequencies 53.171 MHz and 55.128 MHz. These are extremely weak and hence difficult to detect. However there is a possibility that the level populations giving rise to these lines are inverted under special conditions, in which case it may be possible to detect them through their maser emission. We describe the observational diagnostics for determining when the hyperfine levels are inverted, and identify a region near W44 where these conditions are satisfied. A high-velocity-resolution search for these hyperfine OH lines using the low frequency feeds on four antennas of the GMRT and the new GMRT Software Backend(GSB) was performed on this target near W44. We place a 3-sigma upper limit of ~17.3 Jy (at 1 km/s velocity resolution) for the 55 MHz line from this region. This corresponds to an upper limit of 3 X 10^8 for the amplification of the Galactic synchrotron emission providing the background.

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