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Paper: |
Expanded VLA Detection of 36.2 GHz Class I Methanol Masers in
Sagittarius A |
Volume: |
439, The Galactic Center: a Window to the Nuclear Environment of Disk Galaxies |
Page: |
75 |
Authors: |
Sjouwerman, L. O.; Pihlström, Y. M.; Fish, V. L. |
Abstract: |
We present interferometric detection of 36.2 GHz Class I methanol
emission with the new Expanded VLA Ka band receivers. For the first
time the brightness temperatures of the detections unambiguously
indicate that the emission is maser emission. Adopting that the 36 GHz
maser emission originates in shocked material, like the 44 GHz
methanol maser, the methanol traces different shocks than the 1720 MHz
OH masers. Also, 36 GHz and 44 GHz masers do not necessarily co-exist
and may trace different methanol gas. We suggest that the 36 GHz
methanol masers outline regions of cloud-cloud collisions. |
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