A Search for 6.7 GHz Methanol Masers in M33

Details A Search for 6.7 GHz Methanol Masers in M33 A Search for 6.7 GHz Methanol Masers in M33

2007-10-09

arxiv.org/abs/0710.1677v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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10.1086/524651

We report the negative results from a search for 6.7 GHz methanol masers in the nearby spiral galaxy M33. We observed 14 GMCs in the central 4 kpc of the Galaxy, and found 3 sigma upper limits to the flux density of ~9 mJy in spectral channels having a velocity width of 0.069 km/s. By velocity shifting and combining the spectra from the positions observed, we obtain an effective 3sigma upper limit on the average emission of ~1mJy in a 0.25 km/s channel. These limits lie significantly below what we would expect based on our estimates of the methanol maser luminosity function in the Milky Way. The most likely explanation for the absence of detectable methanol masers appears to be the metallicity of M33, which is modestly less than that of the Milky Way.

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