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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyVolume 489, Issue 3, 1 November 2019, Pages 3981-3989

Detection of new methanol maser transitions associated with G358.93-0.03(Article)(Open Access)

  • MacLeod, G.C.,
  • Sugiyama, K.,
  • Hunter, T.R.,
  • Quick, J.,
  • Baan, W.,
  • Breen, S.L.,
  • Brogan, C.L.,
  • Burns, R.A.,
  • Caratti O Garatti, A.,
  • Chen, X.,
  • Chibueze, J.O.,
  • Houde, M.,
  • Kaczmarek, J.F.,
  • Linz, H.,
  • Rajabi, F.,
  • Saito, Y.,
  • Schmidl, S.,
  • Sobolev, A.M.,
  • Stecklum, B.,
  • Van Den Heever, S.P.,
  • Yonekura, Y.
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  • aUniversity of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
  • bHartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory, PO Box 443, Krugersdorp, 1741, South Africa
  • cMizusawa VLBI Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8588, Japan
  • dNRAO, 520 Edgemont Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22903, United States
  • eNetherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, ASTRON, Dwingeloo, NL-7991 PD, Netherlands
  • fSydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA), School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
  • gKorea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, 776 Daedeokdae-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34055, South Korea
  • hDublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Astronomy and Astrophysics Section, 31 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, D02 XF86, Ireland
  • iCenter for Astrophysics, Guang Zhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
  • jShanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 80 Nandan Road, Shanghai, 200030, China
  • kSpace Research Unit, Physics Department, North West University, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa
  • lDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Nigeria, Carver Building, 1 University Road, Nsukka, 410001, Nigeria
  • mCSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, CSIRO Parkes Observatory, PO Box 276, Parkes, NSW 2870, Australia
  • nMax Planck Institute for Astronomy, Königstuhl 17, Heidelberg, D-69117, Germany
  • oInstitute for Quantum Computing, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
  • pPerimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, ON N2L 2Y5, Canada
  • qCenter for Astronomy, Ibaraki University, 2-1-1 Bunkyo, Mito, Ibaraki, 310-8512, Japan
  • rThüringer Landessternwarte, Sternwarte 5, Tautenburg, D-07778, Germany
  • sAstronomical Observatory, Institute for Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira street, Ekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation

Abstract

We report the detection of new 12.178, 12.229, 20.347, and 23.121 GHz methanol masers in the massive star-forming region G358.93-0.03, which are flaring on similarly short timescales (days) as the 6.668 GHz methanol masers also associated with this source. The brightest 12.178 GHz channel increased by a factor of over 700 in just 50 d. The masers found in the 12.229 and 20.347 GHz methanol transitions are the first ever reported and this is only the fourth object to exhibit associated 23.121 GHz methanol masers. The 12.178 GHz methanol maser emission appears to have a higher flux density than that of the 6.668 GHz emission, which is unusual. No associated near-infrared flare counterpart was found, suggesting that the energy source of the flare is deeply embedded. © 2019 The Author(s).

Author keywords

ISM: Individual objects: MMB G358.931-0.030ISM: MoleculesMasersRadio lines: ISMStars: FormationStars: Protostars

Indexed keywords

Engineering controlled terms:Infrared devicesMethanolStars
Engineering uncontrolled termsISM: individual object: MMB g358.931-0.030ISM: individual objectsISM:moleculesMassive starsMethanol masersRadio lines: ISMStar-forming regionStars formationStars: protostarsTime-scales
Engineering main heading:Masers

Funding details

Funding sponsor Funding number Acronym
Array BioPharma
Australian Education International, Australian GovernmentAEI
Australian National Fabrication FacilityANFF
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
See opportunities by CSIRO
CSIRO
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
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19K03921KAKEN
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    We thank Dr. Sugiyama for notifying the Maser Monitoring Organisation (M2O) about this exciting source and Dr. Jonathan Quick for his efforts to schedule time around various other observing programmes at HartRAO. I personally thank A&D Stoneworks for the generous time off to work on this manuscript. This research has made use of the VizieR photometric viewer, CDS, Strasbourg, France and the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS). We acknowledge the acceptance of our DDT time request by the director of MPIA. The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under agreement by the Associated Universities, Inc. The Australia Telescope Compact Array is part of the Australia Telescope National Facility which is funded by the Australian Government for operation as a National Facility managed by CSIRO.

  • ISSN: 00358711
  • CODEN: MNRAA
  • Source Type: Journal
  • Original language: English
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz2417
  • Document Type: Article
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press


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