A 6.7GHz methanol maser survey. II. |b|<2{deg}

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We report the results of our systematic survey for Galactic 6.7GHz Class II CH_3_OH maser emission toward a sample of young stellar objects. The survey was conducted with the Shanghai Tianma Radio Telescope (TMRT). The sample consists of 3348 sources selected from the all-sky Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) point-source catalog. We discussed the selection criteria in detail and the detection results of those at high Galactic latitudes (i.e., |b|>2{deg}) in a previous paper (Paper I; Yang+ 2017, J/ApJ/846/160). Here, we present the results from the survey of those at low Galactic latitudes, i.e., |b|<2{deg}. Of 1875 selected WISE point sources, 291 positions that were actually associated with 224 sources that were detected with CH_3_OH maser emission. Among them, 32 are newly detected. A majority of the newly detected sources are associated with bright WISE sources. The majority of the detected sources (209/224=93.3%) are quite close to the Galactic Plane (|b|<1{deg}) and lie on the inner spiral arms with positive local standard of rest velocities. The detection rate and the color-color distribution of our detection are all matched with our anticipation. Combining with detections from previous surveys, we compile a catalog of 1085 sources with 6.7GHz CH_3_OH maser emission in our Galaxy.

Cone search capability for table J/ApJS/241/18/table1 (WISE-selected sources for the Shanghai Tianma Radio Telescope (TMRT) survey of methanol maser)

Cone search capability for table J/ApJS/241/18/table3 (192 already detected 6.7GHz methanol masers)

Cone search capability for table J/ApJS/241/18/table6 (A 6.7GHz CH_3_OH maser sources catalog)

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.22410018
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Provenance
Creator Yang K.; Chen X.; Shen Z.-Q.; Li X.-Q.; Wang J.-Z.; Jiang D.-R.; Li J.,Dong J.; Wu Y.-J.; Qiao H.-H.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2019
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Galactic and extragalactic Astronomy; Interstellar medium; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics