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Direct evidence for maser emission from the 36.2GHz class I transition of methanol in NGC253
Citation
Chen, X and Ellingsen, SP and Shen, Z-Q and McCarthy, TP and Zhong, W-Y and Deng, H, Direct evidence for maser emission from the 36.2GHz class I transition of methanol in NGC253, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 856, (2) Article L35. ISSN 2041-8205 (2018) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.3847/2041-8213/aab894
Abstract
Observations made with the Jansky Very large Array (JVLA) at an angular resolution of ∼0."1 have detected class I methanol maser emission from the 36.2 GHz transition toward the starburst galaxy NGC 253. The methanol emission is detected toward four sites which lie within the regions of extended methanol emission detected in previous lower angular resolution (a few arcseconds) observations. The peak flux densities of the detected compact components are in the range 3-9 mJy beam-1. Combining the JVLA data with single-dish observations from the Shanghai Tianma Radio Telescope (TMRT) and previous interferometric observations with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), we show that the 36.2 GHz class I methanol emission consists of both extended and compact structures, with typical scales of ∼6'' (0.1 kpc) and ∼0."05 (1 pc), respectively. The strongest components have a brightness temperature of >103 K, much higher than the maximum kinetic temperature (∼100 K) of the thermal methanol emission from NGC 253. Therefore, these observations conclusively demonstrate for the first time the presence of maser emission from a class I methanol transition in an external galaxy.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | galaxies: starburst; ISM: molecules; masers; stars: formation |
| Research Division: | Physical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Astronomical sciences |
| Research Field: | Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the physical sciences |
| UTAS Author: | Ellingsen, SP (Professor Simon Ellingsen) |
| ID Code: | 128641 |
| Year Published: | 2018 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 10 |
| Deposited By: | Mathematics and Physics |
| Deposited On: | 2018-10-04 |
| Last Modified: | 2019-02-27 |
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