12.2-GHz methanol maser MMB follow-up catalogue - III. Longitude range 10° to 20°

S. L. Breen, S. P. Ellingsen, J. L. Caswell, J. A. Green, M. A. Voronkov, A. Avison, G. A. Fuller, L. J. Quinn, A. Titmarsh

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Abstract

We present the third instalment of a series of catalogues presenting 12.2-GHz methanol maser observations made towards each of the 6.7-GHz methanol masers detected in the Methanol Multibeam (MMB) Survey. The current portion of the catalogue includes the Galactic longitude region 10° to 20°, where we detect 47 12.2-GHz methanol masers towards 99 6.7-GHz targets. We compare the occurrence of 12.2-GHz methanol masers with water maser emission, for which all 6.7-GHz methanol masers in the 6° to 20° longitude range have now been searched. We suggest that the water masers follow a more complicated evolutionary scenario than has been found for the methanol and OH masers, likely due to their different pumping mechanisms. Comparisons of the 6.7-GHz methanol to OH maser peak flux density ratio and the luminosity of the associated 12.2-GHz sources suggests that the 12.2-GHz maser luminosity begins to decline around the time that an OH maser becomes detectable.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3368-3382
Number of pages15
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume438
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2014
Externally publishedYes

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