Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Galaxy Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2010-07-27
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Galaxy Astrophysics
15 pages, 3 figures, accepted by ApJ Letter
Scientific paper
We present the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) observations of the SiO masers in the Galactic center in transitions of v=1, J=2--1 at 86 GHz and v=1, J=1--0 at 43 GHz. Two 86-GHz SiO masers were detected within the central parsec, and they are associated with IRS 10EE and IRS 15NE, respectively. We detected eighteen 43-GHz SiO masers within a projected separation of <2 pc from Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), among which seven masers are newly discovered from our observations. This raises the total number of 43-GHz SiO masers within the central 4 parsecs of the GC region to 22. Simultaneous observations at 86 and 43 GHz showed that the intensity of 43-GHz SiO maser is ~3 times higher than that of 86-GHz maser in IRS 10EE (an OH/IR star), while the integrated flux of the SiO maser emission at 43 GHz is comparable with that at 86~GHz in IRS~15NE (an ordinary Mira variable). These results are consistent with previous observations of massive late-type stars in the Galaxy in which the 86-GHz SiO maser is in general weaker than the 43-GHz SiO maser in OH/IR stars, while the two transitions are comparably strong in Mira stars.
An Tao
Li Juan
Miyazaki Atsushi
Shen Zhi-Qiang
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