Molecular line search towards the flaring 6.7-GHz methanol masers of G 24.33+0.13 and G 359.62-0.24: rare maser transitions detected
Abstract
We have performed a molecular line search towards the flaring 6.7-GHz masers G 24.33+0.13, and G 359.6-0.24 using the Australia Telescope Compact Array. We present spectra of the 6.7-GHz class II methanol and 22.2-GHz water masers towards these sources and provide a comparison with other recent flaring events these sources have experienced. We also detect the fourth example of a 23.4-GHz class I methanol maser and the 11th example of a 4.8-GHz formaldehyde maser towards G 24.33+0.13. Alongside these results, we also observe the previously detected ammonia (3,3) emission and report upper limits on the presence of various other cm-wavelength methanol, ammonia, and OH transitions. Our results are consistent with the flaring of G 24.33+0.13 being driven by a variable accretion rate in the host high mass young stellar object.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- January 2022
- DOI:
- 10.1093/mnras/stab3040
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2110.09669
- Bibcode:
- 2022MNRAS.509.1681M
- Keywords:
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- masers;
- radio lines: stars;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Accepted into MNRAS 2021 October 17. 10 pages, 4 figures and 3 tables