Published December 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

95 GHz methanol masers near DR 21 and DR 21(OH)

  • 1. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA (USA)
  • 2. California Univ., Berkeley (USA)

Description

The BIMA array is used to map the 95-GHz 8(0) to 7 1A(+) transition of methanol and the 98-GHz J = 2-1 transition of CS toward the DR 21(OH) and DR 21 star-forming regions. Several strong methanol masers were found. The positions of the two brightest masers were measured with an accuracy of about + or - 0.3 arcsec. Toward DR 21(OH), the positions, velocities, and line shapes of the 95 GHz masers are in excellent agreement with those of the 84-GHz 5(-1) to 4 () methanol masers previously mapped by Batrla and Menten (1988), demonstrating that maser emission in both transitions originates from the same clumps of gas. The methanol masers are offset from CS emission peaks and from other known infrared and maser sources; they may possibly be clustered along the interface between outflows, traced by shock-excited H2 emission, and dense ambient gas, traced by CS emission. 25 refs

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Journal Title
Astrophysical Journal
Journal Volume
364
Series
Astrophys. J.
Journal Page Range
555-560
ISSN
0004-637X
CODEN
ASJOA