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Title: The Arecibo Methanol Maser Galactic Plane Survey. I. Data
Authors: Pandian, J.D.
Goldsmith, P.F.
Deshpande, A.A.
Keywords: Masers
Radio Lines: ISM
Stars: Formation
Surveys
Issue Date: 10-Feb-2007
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press for the American Astronomical Society
Citation: Astrophysical Journal, 2007, Vol.656, p 255-274
Abstract: We present the results of an unbiased survey for 6.7 GHz methanol masers in the Galactic plane carried out using the 305 m Arecibo radio telescope. A total of 18.2 deg2 was surveyed with uniform sampling at 35.2deg<=l<=53.7deg, |b|<=0.41deg. The large collecting area of Arecibo and the sensitive C-Band High receiver allowed the survey to be complete at the level of 0.27 Jy, making this the most sensitive blind survey carried out to date. We detected a total of 86 sources, 48 of which are new detections. Most of the new detections have a peak flux density below 2 Jy. Many methanol masers are clustered, reflecting the formation of massive stars in clusters.
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2211
ISSN: 1538-4357 (online)
0004-637X
Alternative Location: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?2007ApJ...656..255P
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0702147
http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/510512
Copyright: 2007 American Astronomical Society
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