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MALT-45: a 7 mm survey of the southern Galaxy – I. Techniques and spectral line data
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Jordan, CH and Walsh, AJ and Lowe, V and Voronkov, MA and Ellingsen, SP and Breen, SL and Purcell, CR and Barnes, PJ and Burton, MG and Cunningham, MR and Hill, T and Jackson, JM and Longmore, SN and Peretto, N and Urquhart, JS, MALT-45: a 7 mm survey of the southern Galaxy - I. Techniques and spectral line data, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 448, (3) pp. 2344-2361. ISSN 0035-8711 (2015) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
We present the first results from the MALT-45 (Millimetre Astronomer's Legacy Team-45 GHz) Galactic Plane survey. We have
observed 5 square degrees (l=330°–335°, b=±0°.5)
for spectral lines in the 7 mm band (42–44 and 48–49 GHz), including CS (1–0), class I CH3OH masers in the 7(0,7)–6(1,6) A+ transition and SiO (1–0) v = 0, 1, 2, 3. MALT-45 is the first unbiased, large-scale, sensitive spectral line survey in this frequency range. In this
paper, we present data from the survey as well as a few intriguing results; rigorous analyses of these science cases are reserved
for future publications. Across the survey region, we detected 77 class I CH3OH masers, of which 58 are new detections, along with many sites of thermal and maser SiO emission and thermal CS. We found
that 35 class I CH3OH masers were associated with the published locations of class II CH3OH, H2O and OH masers but 42 have no known masers within 60 arcsec. We compared the MALT-45 CS with NH3 (1,1) to reveal regions of CS depletion and high opacity, as well as evolved star-forming regions with a high ratio of CS
to NH3. All SiO masers are new detections, and appear to be associated with evolved stars from the Spitzer Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid-Plane Survey Extraordinaire (GLIMPSE). Generally, within SiO regions of multiple vibrational
modes, the intensity decreases as v = 1, 2, 3, but there are a few exceptions where v = 2 is stronger than v = 1.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | masers, surveys, stars:formation, ISM: molecules, galaxy: structure, radio lines: ISM |
| Research Division: | Physical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Astronomical sciences |
| Research Field: | Galactic astronomy |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the physical sciences |
| UTAS Author: | Jordan, CH (Mr Christopher Jordan) |
| UTAS Author: | Ellingsen, SP (Professor Simon Ellingsen) |
| ID Code: | 99349 |
| Year Published: | 2015 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 23 |
| Deposited By: | Mathematics and Physics |
| Deposited On: | 2015-03-20 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-11-01 |
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