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New ammonia masers towards NGC 6334I

Walsh, A.J., Longmore, S.N., Thorwirth, S., Urquhart, J.S., Purcell, C.R. (2007) New ammonia masers towards NGC 6334I. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 382 (1). L35-L38. ISSN 1745-3933. (doi:10.1111/j.1745-3933.2007.00384.x) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:52242)

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Abstract

We report the detection of new ammonia masers in the non-metastable (8,6) and (11,9) transitions towards the massive star-forming region NGC 6334I. Observations were made with the Australia Telescope Compact Array interferometer and the emitting region appears unresolved in the 2.7 × 0.8 arcsec2 beam, with deconvolved sizes less than an arcsecond. We estimate peak brightness temperatures of 7.8 × 105 and 1.2 × 105 K for the (8,6) and (11,9) transitions, respectively. The masers appear coincident both spatially and in velocity with a previously detected ammonia (6,6) maser. We also suggest that emission in the (10,9), (9,9) and (7,6) transitions may also be masers, based on the small linewidths and overlapping velocity ranges with the above masers, as observed with the single-dish Mopra radio telescope.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1111/j.1745-3933.2007.00384.x
Uncontrolled keywords: ISM: molecules, Masers, Stars: formation, Techniques: high angular resolution
Subjects: Q Science > QB Astronomy > QB460 Astrophysics
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User: James Urquhart
Date Deposited: 30 Nov 2015 16:43 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:21 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/52242 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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