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Ginsburg, A, Walsh, A, Henkel, C, Jones, PA, Cunningham, M, Kauffmann, J, Pillai, T, Mills, EAC, Ott, J, Kruijssen, JMD, Menten, KM, Battersby, C, Rathborne, J, Contreras, Y, Longmore, SN, Walker, DL and Dawson, J (2015) High-mass star-forming cloud G0.38+0.04 in the Galactic Center Dust Ridge contains H2CO and SiO masers. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 584. ISSN 1432-0746
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Abstract
We have discovered a new H$_2$CO (formaldehyde) $1_{1,0}-1_{1,1}$ 4.82966 GHz maser in Galactic Center Cloud C, G0.38+0.04. At the time of submission, this is the eighth region containing an H$_2$CO maser detected in the Galaxy. Cloud C is one of only two sites of confirmed high-mass star formation along the Galactic Center Ridge, affirming that H$_2$CO masers are exclusively associated with high-mass star formation. This discovery led us to search for other masers, among which we found new SiO vibrationally excited masers, making this the fourth star-forming region in the Galaxy to exhibit SiO maser emission. Cloud C is also a known source of CH$_3$OH Class-II and OH maser emission. There are now two known SiO and H$_2$CO maser containing regions in the CMZ, compared to two and six respectively in the Galactic disk, while there is a relative dearth of H$_2$O and CH$_3$OH Class-II masers in the CMZ. SiO and H$_2$CO masers may be preferentially excited in the CMZ, perhaps due to higher gas-phase abundances from grain destruction and heating, or alternatively H$_2$O and CH$_3$OH maser formation may be suppressed in the CMZ. In any case, Cloud C is a new testing ground for understanding maser excitation conditions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | astro-ph.GA; astro-ph.GA |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy |
| Divisions: | Astrophysics Research Institute |
| Publisher: | EDP Sciences |
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| Date of acceptance: | 23 October 2015 |
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 11 January 2016 |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Oct 2015 10:04 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2021 13:51 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/2247 |
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