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37 GHz methanol masers: Horsemen of the apocalypse for the class II methanol maser phase?
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posted on 2023-05-17, 09:13 authored by Simon EllingsenSimon Ellingsen, Breen, SL, Sobolev, AM, Voronkov, MA, Caswell, JL, Lo, NWe report the results of a search for class II methanol masers at 37.7, 38.3, and 38.5 GHz toward a sample of 70 high-mass star formation regions. We primarily searched toward regions known to show emission either from the 107 GHz class II methanol maser transition, or from the 6.035 GHz excited OH transition. We detected maser emission from 13 sources in the 37.7 GHz transition, eight of these being new detections. We detected maser emission from three sources in the 38 GHz transitions, one of which is a new detection. We find that 37.7 GHz methanol masers are only associated with the most luminous 6.7 and 12.2 GHz methanol maser sources, which in turn are hypothesized to be the oldest class II methanol sources. We suggest that the 37.7 GHz methanol masers are associated with a brief evolutionary phase (of 1000-4000 years) prior to the cessation of class II methanol maser activity in the associated high-mass star formation region.
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Publication title
The Astrophysical Journal: An International Review of Astronomy and Astronomical PhysicsVolume
742Article number
109Number
109Pagination
1-14ISSN
0004-637XDepartment/School
School of Natural SciencesPublisher
Institute of Physics Publishing IncPlace of publication
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