MALT-45, 44 GHz class I methanol masers

DOI

We detail interferometric observations of 44GHz class I methanol masers detected by MALT-45 (a 7mm unbiased auto-correlated spectral-line Galactic-plane survey) using the Australia Telescope Compact Array. We detect 238 maser spots across 77 maser sites. Using high-resolution positions, we compare the class I CH_3_OH masers to other star formation maser species, including CS (1-0), SiO v=0 and the H53{alpha} radio-recombination line. Comparison between the cross- and auto-correlated data has allowed us to also identify quasi-thermal emission in the 44GHz class I methanol maser line. We find that the majority of class I methanol masers have small spatial and velocity ranges (<0.5pc and <5km/s), and closely trace the systemic velocities of associated clouds. Using 870{mu}m dust continuum emission from the ATLASGAL survey, we determine clump masses associated with class I masers, and find that they are generally associated with clumps between 1000 and 3000M_{sun}_. For each class I methanol maser site, we use the presence of OH masers and radio recombination lines to identify relatively evolved regions of high-mass star formation; we find that maser sites without these associations have lower luminosities and preferentially appear towards dark infrared regions.

Cone search capability for table J/MNRAS/471/3915/table2 (Observational targets for class I CH_3_OH masers)

Cone search capability for table J/MNRAS/471/3915/table3 (*Associations with each of the class I CH_3_OH maser sites)

Cone search capability for table J/MNRAS/471/3915/tablea1 (Gaussian spectral fits for class I CH_3_OH maser spots (including table 4))

Identifier
DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.74713915
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/471/3915
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Provenance
Creator Jordan C.H.; Walsh A.J.; Breen S.L.; Ellingsen S.P.; Voronkov M.A.,Hyland L.J.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2020
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Galactic and extragalactic Astronomy; Interstellar medium; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics