Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1998-04-15
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pp incl 2 figs, LaTeX, uses emulateapj.sty, epsf.sty. Submitted to ApJ Lett
Scientific paper
OH(1720 MHz) masers unaccompanied by 1665/7 MHz line masers have recently been proposed as indicators of the interaction of supernova remnants (SNRs) and molecular clouds. We present a model for the masing region in which water produced in a C-type shock wave driven into the molecular cloud is dissociated as a result of the X-ray flux from the SNR. We note that the magnetic field strengths inferred from Zeeman splitting of the 1720 MHz line measure the internal pressure of the supernova remnant. In addition, we discuss the interaction of Sgr A East, a SNR candidate, with the 50 km/s cloud at the Galactic Centre and present near-infrared observations of H_2 emission towards the regions where OH(1720 MHz) maser emission is concentrated. The magnetic field strength obtained from earlier Zeeman measurements is consistent with rough pressure equilibrium between the postshock gas and the X-ray gas filling Sgr A East detected by ASCA. Further, the intensity of the v=1-0 S(1) line of H_2 is consistent with the shock strength expected to be driven into the molecular gas by this pressure. The relative intensities of the H_2 lines in Sgr A East imply mainly collisional excitation.
Geballe Thomas Ronald
Wardle Mark
Yusef-Zadeh Farhad
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