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2021A&A...651A..87O - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 651A, 87-87 (2021/7-1)

A global view on star formation: the GLOSTAR Galactic plane survey. III. 6.7 GHz methanol maser survey in Cygnus X.

ORTIZ-LEON G.N., MENTEN K.M., BRUNTHALER A., CSENGERI T., URQUHART J.S., WYROWSKI F., GONG Y., RUGEL M.R., DZIB S.A., YANG A., NGUYEN H., COTTON W.D., MEDINA S.N.X., DOKARA R., KONIG C., BEUTHER H., PANDIAN J.D., REICH W. and ROY N.

Abstract (from CDS):

The Cygnus X complex is covered by the Global View of Star Formation in the Milky Way (GLOSTAR) survey, an unbiased radio-wavelength Galactic plane survey, in 4-8GHz continuum radiation and several spectral lines. The GLOSTAR survey observed the 6.7GHz transition of methanol (CH3OH), an exclusive tracer of high-mass young stellar objects. Using the Very Large Array in both the B and D configurations, we observed an area in Cygnus X of 7°x3° in size and simultaneously covered the methanol line and the continuum, allowing cross-registration. We detected thirteen sources with Class II methanol maser emission and one source with methanol absorption. Two methanol maser sources are newly detected; in addition, we found four new velocity components associated with known masers. Five masers are concentrated in the DR21 ridge and W75N. We determined the characteristics of the detected masers and investigated the association with infrared, (sub)millimeter, and radio continuum emission. All maser sources are associated with (sub)millimeter dust continuum emission, which is consistent with the picture of masers tracing regions in an active stage of star formation. On the other hand, only five masers (38±17%) have radio continuum counterparts seen with GLOSTAR within ∼1'', testifying to their youth. Comparing the distributions of the bolometric luminosity and the luminosity-to-mass ratio of cores that host 6.7GHz methanol masers with those of the full core population, we identified lower limits LBol∼200L and LBol/Mcore∼1L/M for a dust source to host maser emission.

Abstract Copyright: © G. N. Ortiz-León et al. 2021

Journal keyword(s): masers - ISM: molecules - techniques: interferometric - radio lines: ISM - radio continuum: ISM - stars: formation

Nomenclature: Tables 2-6: GLOSTAR GLLL.llll+BB.bbbb N=14.

Simbad objects: 35

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