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GCM0 .253+0.016中有丰富的甲醇脉泽但没有恒星形成的新证据

Abundant Methanol Masers but no New Evidence for Star Formation in GCM0.253+0.016

E. A. C. Mills, N. Butterfield, D. A. Ludovici, C. C. Lang, J. Ott, M. R. Morris, S. Schmitz

摘要:

利用改进的Karl G. Jansky甚大阵。观测波长接近1厘米,在K(24至26千兆赫)和Ka(27和36千兆赫)波段,速度分辨率为1-3公里/秒,空间分辨率约为0.1秒差距,假定该云的距离为8.4千秒差距。这片云的连续观测是迄今为止最敏感的,并揭示了以前未检测到的发射,我们主要归因于云的外部电离的自由-自由发射。除了敏感的连续谱图,我们还绘制了12条分子谱线的图:NH_3-(1,1),(2,2),(3,3),(4,4),(5,5),(6,6),(7,7)和(9,9)的8个跃迁,以及HC_3 N(3-2)和(4-3)谱线,和CH_3OH_4(-1)-3(0),后者是碰撞激发脉泽。我们确定了148个CH 3OH 4(-1)-3(0)(36.2 GHz)源,其中68个的亮度温度超过了测量的最高温度(400 K),可以确认为脉泽。这些脉泽的大部分集中在云的最南端。我们发现,无论是这些脉泽,也不是在这个云的连续发射提供了强有力的证据,正在进行的恒星形成超过以前推断的存在的H2O脉泽。

英文摘要:

We present new observations of the quiescent giant molecular cloud GCM0.253+0.016 in the Galactic center, using the upgraded Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array. Observations were made at wavelengths near 1 cm, at K (24 to 26 GHz) and Ka (27 and 36 GHz) bands, with velocity resolutions of 1-3 km/s and spatial resolutions of ~0.1 pc, at the assumed 8.4 kpc distance of this cloud. The continuum observations of this cloud are the most sensitive yet made, and reveal previously undetected emission which we attribute primarily to free-free emission from external ionization of the cloud. In addition to the sensitive continuum map, we produce maps of 12 molecular lines: 8 transitions of NH3 -- (1,1),(2,2),(3,3),(4,4),(5,5),(6,6),(7,7) and (9,9), as well as the HC3N (3-2) and (4-3) lines, and CH3OH 4(-1) - 3(0) the latter of which is known to be a collisionally-excited maser. We identify 148 CH3OH 4(-1) - 3(0) (36.2 GHz) sources, of which 68 have brightness temperatures in excess of the highest temperature measured for this cloud (400 K) and can be confirmed to be masers. The majority of these masers are concentrated in the southernmost part of the cloud. We find that neither these masers nor the continuum emission in this cloud provide strong evidence for ongoing star formation in excess of that previously inferred by the presence of an H2O maser.

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