Detection of new sources of methanol emission at 107 and 108 GHz with the Mopra telescope

Abstract

A southern hemisphere survey of methanol emission sources in two millimeter wave transitions has been carried out using the ATNF Mopra millimetre telescope. Sixteen emission sources have been detected in the 3(1)-4(0)A+ transition of methanol at 107 GHz, including six new sources exhibiting class II methanol maser emission features. Combining these results with the similar northern hemisphere survey, a total of eleven 107-GHz methanol masers have been detected. A survey of the methanol emission in the 0(0)-1(-1)E transition at 108 GHz resulted in the detection of 16 sources; one of them showing maser characteristics. This is the first methanol maser detected at 108 GHz, presumably of class II. The results of LVG statistical equilibrium calculations confirm the classification of these new sources as a class II methanol masers.

11 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS, mn.sty included

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