The Arecibo Methanol Maser Galactic Plane Survey - III: Distances and Luminosities (2009)
Pandian, J. D., Menten, K. M., Goldsmith, P. F.
We derive kinematic distances to the 86 6.7 GHz methanol masers discovered in the Arecibo Methanol Maser Galactic Plane Survey. The systemic velocities of the sources were derived from 13CO (J=2-1),...
The LABOCA Survey of the Extended Chandra Deep Field South (2009)
Weiss, A., Kovacs, A., Coppin, K., Greve, T. R., Walter, F., Smail, Ian, ...
We present a sensitive 870 micron survey of the Extended Chandra Deep Field South (ECDFS) using LABOCA on the APEX telescope. The LABOCA ECDFS Submillimetre Survey (LESS) covers the full 30' x 30'...
Trigonometric Parallaxes of 6.7 GHz Methanol Masers (2009)
Rygl, K. L. J., Brunthaler, A., Reid, M. J., Menten, K. M., Van Langevelde, H. J., Xu, Y.
Emission from the 6.7 GHz methanol maser transition is very strong, relatively stable, has small internal motions and is observed toward numerous massive star forming regions in the Galaxy. Our goal...
Digging into NGC 6334I(N): Multiwavelength Imaging of a Massive Protostellar Cluster (2009)
Brogan, C. L., Hunter, T. R., Cyganowski, C. J., Indebetouw, R., Beuther, H., Menten, K. M., ...
We present a high-resolution, multi-wavelength study of the massive protostellar cluster NGC 6334I(N) that combines new spectral line data from the Submillimeter Array (SMA) and VLA with a reanalysis...
Sanna, A., Reid, M. J., Moscadelli, L., Dame, T. M., Menten, K. M., Brunthaler, A., ...
We report a trigonometric parallax of 12 GHz methanol masers associated with the massive star forming region G9.62+0.20, corresponding to a distance of 5.2+-0.6 kpc. With a local standard of rest...
Weiss, A., Ivison, R. J., Downes, D., Walter, F., Cirasuolo, M., Menten, K. M.
We report the redshift of a distant, highly obscured submm galaxy (SMG), based entirely on the detection of its CO line emission. We have used the newly commissioned Eight-MIxer Receiver (EMIR) at...
Extremely high velocity gas from the massive YSOs in IRAS 17233-3606 (2009)
Leurini, S., Codella, C., Zapata, L. A., Belloche, A., Stanke, T., Wyrowski, F., ...
Molecular outflows from high-mass young stellar objects provide an excellent way to study the star formation process, and investigate if they are scaled-up versions of their low-mass counterparts. We...
Absolute positions of 6.7-GHz methanol masers (2009)
Xu, Y., Voronkov, M. A., Pandian, J. D., Li, J. J., Sobolev, A. M., Brunthaler, A., ...
The ATCA, MERLIN and VLA interferometers were used to measure the absolute positions of 35 6.7 GHz methanol masers to subarcsecond or higher accuracy. Our measurements represent essential preparatory...
A Trigonometric Parallax of Sgr B2 (2009)
Reid, M. J., Menten, K. M., Zheng, X. W., Brunthaler, A., Xu, Y.
We have measured the positions of water masers in Sgr B2, a massive star forming region in the Galactic center, relative to an extragalactic radio source with the Very Long Baseline Array. The...
Van Kempen, T. A., Van Dishoeck, E. F., Guesten, R., Kristensen, L. E., Schilke, P., Hogerheijde, M. R., ...
The origin and heating mechanisms of warm (50
Search for Cold Debris Disks around M-dwarfs. II (2009)
Wyatt, M. C., Bertoldi, F., Menten, K. M., Labaigt, G.
Although 70 % of the stars in the Galaxy are M-dwarfs, thermal emission searches for cold debris disks have been conducted mostly for A-type and solar-type stars. We report on new lambda=1.2 mm...
Henkel, C., Menten, K. M., Murphy, M. T., Jethava, N., Flambaum, V. V., Braatz, J. A., ...
Based on measurements with the Effelsberg 100-m telescope, a multi-line study of molecular species is presented toward the gravitational lens system PKS 1830–211, which is by far the best known...
Van Kempen, T. A., Van Dishoeck, E. F., Guesten, R., Kristensen, L. E., Schilke, P., Hogerheijde, M. R., ...
AIMS Our aim is to characterize the size, mass, density and temperature profiles of the protostellar envelope of HH~46 IRS 1 and its surrounding cloud material as well as the effect the outflow has...
Coppin, K. E. K., Smail, Ian, Alexander, D. M., Weiss, A., Walter, F., Swinbank, A. M., ...
We report on the identification of the highest redshift submillimetre-selected source currently known LESS J033229.4−275619. This source was detected in the Large Apex Bolometer Camera (LABOCA)...
Constraints on the High-l Power Spectrum of Millimeter-wave Anisotropies from APEX-SZ (2009)
Reichardt, C. L., Zahn, O., Ade, P. A. R., Basu, K., Bender, A. N., Bertoldi, F., ...
We present measurements of the angular power spectrum of millimeter wave anisotropies with the APEX-SZ instrument. APEX-SZ has mapped 0.8 square degrees of sky at a frequency of 150 GHz with an...
Henkel, C., Menten, K. M., Murphy, M. T., Jethava, N., Flambaum, V. V., Braatz, J. A., ...
Based on measurements with the Effelsberg 100-m telescope, a multi-line study of molecular species is presented toward the gravitational lens system PKS1830-211. Obtaining average radial velocities...
Discovery of a bright radio transient in M82: a new radio supernova? (2009)
Brunthaler, A., Menten, K. M., Reid, M. J., Henkel, C., Bower, G. C., Falcke, H.
In this Letter, we report the discovery of a new bright radio transient in M82. Using the Very Large Array, we observed the nuclear region of M82 at several epochs at 22 GHz and detected a new bright...
The Large APEX Bolometer Camera LABOCA (2009)
Siringo, G., Kreysa, E., Kovacs, A., Schuller, F., Weiss, A., Esch, W., ...
The Large APEX Bolometer Camera, LABOCA, has been commissioned for operation as a new facility instrument t the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment 12m submillimeter telescope. This new 295-bolometer total...
ATLASGAL - The APEX Telescope Large Area Survey of the Galaxy at 870 microns (2009)
Schuller, F., Menten, K. M., Contreras, Y., Wyrowski, F., Schilke, P., Bronfman, L., ...
(Abridged) Studying continuum emission from interstellar dust is essential to locate and characterize the highest density regions in the interstellar medium. In particular, the early stages of...
Belloche, A., Garrod, R. T., Mueller, H. S. P., Menten, K. M., Comito, C., Schilke, P.
In recent years, organic molecules of increasing complexity have been found toward the prolific Galactic center source Sagittarius B2. We wish to explore the degree of complexity that the...
Reid, M. J., Menten, K. M., Zheng, X. W., Brunthaler, A., Moscadelli, L., Xu, Y., ...
We are using the NRAO Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) and the Japanese VERA project to measure trigonometric parallaxes and proper motions of masers found in high-mass star-forming regions across the...
Structure and Dynamics of the Milky Way: an Astro2010 Science White Paper (2009)
Reid, M. J., Menten, K. M., Brunthaler, A., Moellenbrock, G. A.
Recent advances in radio astrometry with the VLBA have resulted in near micro-arcsecond accurate trigonometric parallax and proper motion measurements for masers in star forming regions. We are now...
Motions of Galaxies in the Local Group and Beyond: an Astro2010 Science White Paper (2009)
Reid, M. J., Brunthaler, A., Menten, K. M., Loinard, L., Wrobel, J.
Recent advances with the VLBA have resulted in ~10 micro-arcsec astrometry for compact sources in external galaxies, and measurement of the proper motion of Local Group galaxies has been...
Gendriesch, R., Lewen, F., Klapper, G., Menten, K. M., Winnewisser, G., Coxon, J. A., ...
Astronomical observations of (sub)millimeter wavelength pure rotational emission lines of the second most abundant molecule in the Universe, CO, hold the promise of probing regions of high...
Multi-frequency imaging of the galaxy cluster Abell 2163 using the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect (2009)
Nord, M., Basu, K., Pacaud, F., Ade, P. A. R., Bender, A. N., Benson, B. A., ...
We have used the APEX-SZ and LABOCA bolometer cameras on the APEX telescope to map both the decrement of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect (SZE) at 150 GHz and the increment at 345 GHz toward the rich...
Evidence of a pure starburst nature of the nuclear region of NGC 253 (2009)
Brunthaler, A., Castangia, P., Tarchi, A., Henkel, C., Reid, M. J., Falcke, H., ...
We present high-resolution spectral line and continuum VLBI and VLA observations of the nuclear region of NGC 253 at 22 GHz. While the water vapor masers in this region were detected on arcsecond and...
Why did Comet 17P/Holmes burst out? (2009)
Altenhoff, W. J., Kreysa, E., Menten, K. M., Sievers, A., Thum, C., Weiss, A.
Based on millimeter-wavelength continuum observations we suggest that the recent 'spectacle' of comet 17P/Holmes can be explained by a thick, air-tight dust cover and the effects of H2O sublimation,...
The distance to a star forming region in the Outer arm of the Galaxy (2009)
Hachisuka, K., Brunthaler, A., Menten, K. M., Reid, M. J., Hagiwara, Y., Mochizuki, N.
We performed astrometric observations with the VLBA of WB89-437, an H2O maser source in the Outer spiral arm of the Galaxy. We measure an annual parallax of 0.167 +/- 0.006 mas, corresponding to a...
ATLASGAL - The APEX Telescope Large Area Survey of the Galaxy at 870 microns (2009)
Schuller, F., Menten, K. M., Contreras, Y., Wyrowski, F., Schilke, P., Bronfman, L., ...
(Abridged) Studying continuum emission from interstellar dust is essential to locate and characterize the highest density regions in the interstellar medium. In particular, the early stages of...
ATLASGAL - The APEX Telescope Large Area Survey of the Galaxy at 870 microns (2009)
Schuller, F., Menten, K. M., Contreras, Y., Wyrowski, F., Schilke, P., Bronfman, L., ...
(Abridged) Studying continuum emission from interstellar dust is essential to locate and characterize the highest density regions in the interstellar medium. In particular, the early stages of...
Henkel, Christian, Menten, K. M., Murphy, M. T., Jethava, N., Flambaum, Victor V., Braatz, James A., ...
Based on measurements with the Effelsberg 100-m telescope, a multi-line study of molecular species is presented toward the gravitational lens system PKS 1830–211, which is by far the best known...
Van Kempen, T. A., Van Dishoeck, E. F., Güsten, R., Kristensen, L. E., Schilke, P., Hogerheijde, M. R., ...
Henkel, Christian, Menten, K. M., Murphy, M. T., Jethava, N., Flambaum, Victor V., Braatz, James A., ...
Based on measurements with the Effelsberg 100-m telescope, a multi-line study of molecular species is presented toward the gravitational lens system PKS 1830–211, which is by far the best known...
Constraints on the high-l power spectrum of millimeter-wave anisotropies from APEX-SZ (2009)
Reichardt, C. L., Zahn, O., Ade, P. A. R., Basu, K., Bender, A. N., Bertoldi, F., ...
Distances to Galactic methanol masers (2008)
Rygl, K. L. J., Brunthaler, A., Menten, K. M., Reid, M. J., Van Langevelde, H. J.
We present the first EVN parallax measurements of 6.7 GHz methanol masers in star forming regions of the Galaxy. The 6.7 GHz methanol maser transition is a very valuable astrometric tool, for its...
An EVLA search for water megamaser emission in the submm galaxy SMM J16359+6612 at z=2.5 (2008)
Edmonds, R., Wagg, J., Momjian, E., Carilli, C. L., Wilner, D. J., Humphreys, E. M. L., ...
Using the Expanded Very Large Array, we have conducted a search for 22.2 GHz H2O megamaser emission in the strongly lensed submm galaxy, SMM J16359+6612 at z=2.517. This object is lensed into three...
Trigonometric Parallaxes of Massive Star Forming Regions: II. Cep A & NGC 7538 (2008)
Moscadelli, L., Reid, M. J., Menten, K. M., Brunthaler, A., Zheng, X. W., Xu, Y.
We report trigonometric parallaxes for the sources NGC 7538 and Cep A, corresponding to distances of 2.65 [+0.12/-0.11] kpc and 0.70 [+0.04/-0.04] kpc, respectively. The distance to NGC 7538 is...
Trigonometric Parallaxes of Massive Star Forming Regions: III. G59.7+0.1 and W 51 IRS2 (2008)
Xu, Y., Reid, M. J., Menten, K. M., Brunthaler, A., Zheng, X. W., Moscadelli, L.
We report trigonometric parallaxes for G59.7+0.1 and W 51 IRS2, corresponding to distances of 2.16^{+0.10}_{-0.09} kpc and 5.1^{+2.9}_{-1.4} kpc, respectively. The distance to G59.7+0.1 is smaller...
Trigonometric Parallaxes of Massive Star Forming Regions: IV. G35.20-0.74 and G35.20-1.74 (2008)
Zhang, B., Zheng, X. W., Reid, M. J., Menten, K. M., Xu, Y., Moscadelli, L., ...
We report trigonometric parallaxes for the high-mass star forming regions G35.20-0.74 and G35.20-1.74, corresponding to distances of 2.19 (+0.24 -0.20) kpc and 3.27 (+0.56 -0.42) kpc, respectively....
Trigonometric Parallaxes of Massive Star Forming Regions: V. G23.01-0.41 and G23.44-0.18 (2008)
Brunthaler, A., Reid, M. J., Menten, K. M., Zheng, X. W., Moscadelli, L., Xu, Y.
We report trigonometric parallaxes for the massive star-forming regions G23.01-0.41 and G23.44-0.18, corresponding to distances of 4.59 [+0.38/-0.33] kpc and 5.88 [+1.37/-0.93] kpc, respectively. The...
Trigonometric Parallaxes of Massive Star Forming Regions: I. S 252 & G232.6+1.0 (2008)
Reid, M. J., Menten, K. M., Brunthaler, A., Zheng, X. W., Moscadelli, L., Xu, Y.
We are conducting a large program with the NRAO Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) to measure trigonometric parallaxes of massive star-forming regions across the Milky Way. Here we report measurement of...
Properties of the molecular gas in a starbursting QSO at z = 1.83 in the COSMOS field (2008)
Aravena, M., Bertoldi, F., Schinnerer, E., Weiss, A., Jahnke, K., Carilli, C. L., ...
Using the IRAM 30 m telescope, we have detected the 12CO J = 2−1, 4−3, 5−4, and 6−5 emission lines in the millimeter-bright, blank-field selected AGN COSMOS J100038+020822 at redshift z =...
The CO line SED and atomic carbon in IRAS F10214+4724 (2008)
Ao, Y., Weiss, A., Downes, D., Walter, F., Henkel, C., Menten, K. M.
Using the IRAM 30m telescope and the Plateau de Bure interferometer we have detected the \ctwo and the CO 3$-$2, 4$-$3, 6$-$5, 7$-$6 transitions as well as the dust continuum at 3 and 1.2 mm towards...
Menten, K. M., Guesten, R., Leurini, S., Thorwirth, S., Henkel, C., Klein, B., ...
Using the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope we have detected the rotational ground-state transitions of ortho-ammonia and ortho-water toward the redshift ~0.89 absorbing galaxy in the...
Motte, F., Bontemps, S., Schneider, N., Schilke, P., Menten, K. M.
As Th. Henning said at the conference, cold precursors of high-mass stars are now ``hot topics''. We here propose some observational criteria to identify massive infrared-quiet dense cores which can...
Motte, F., Bontemps, S., Schneider, N., Schilke, P., Menten, K. M.
As Th. Henning said at the conference, cold precursors of high-mass stars are now ``hot topics''. We here propose some observational criteria to identify massive infrared-quiet dense cores which can...
LABOCA observations of nearby, active galaxies (2008)
Weiss, A., Kovacs, A., Guesten, R., Menten, K. M., Schuller, F., Siringo, G., ...
We present large scale 870 micron maps of the nearby starburst galaxies NGC253, NGC4945 and the nearest giant elliptical radio galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) obtained with the newly commissioned Large...
Detection of 6.7 GHz methanol absorption towards hot corinos (2008)
Pandian, J. D., Leurini, S., Menten, K. M., Belloche, A., Goldsmith, P. F.
Methanol masers at 6.7 GHz have been found exclusively towards high-mass star forming regions. Recently, some Class 0 protostars have been found to display conditions similar to what are found in hot...
Henkel, C., Braatz, J. A., Menten, K. M., Ott, J.
Using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT), we have detected the (J,K) = (1,1) to (10,10) ammonia inversion lines, up to 1030 K above the ground state, in a face-on spiral galaxy viewed against the radio...
Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect Observations of the Bullet Cluster (1E 0657-56) with APEX-SZ (2008)
Halverson, N. W., Lanting, T., Ade, P. A. R., Basu, K., Bender, A. N., Benson, B. A., ...
We present observations of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect (SZE) in the Bullet cluster (1E 0657-56) using the APEX-SZ instrument at 150 GHz with a resolution of 1 arcmin. The main results are maps of...
Submillimeter observations of the J2142-4423 Lyα protocluster at z = 2.38 (2008)
Beelen, A., Omont, A., Bavouzet, N., Kovács, A., Lagache, G., De Breuck, C., ...
Aims. We present observations aimed at exploring both the nature of Lyα emitting nebulae ("Lyα blobs") at z=2.38 and the way they trace large scale structure (LSS), by exploring their proximity to...
Thermal Emission from Warm Dust in the Most Distant Quasars (2008)
Wang, R., Carilli, C. L., Wagg, J., Bertoldi, F., Walter, F., Menten, K. M., ...
We report new continuum observations of fourteen z~6 quasars at 250 GHz and fourteen quasars at 1.4 GHz. We summarize all recent millimeter and radio observations of the sample of the thirty-three...
6.7 GHz methanol absorption toward the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 3079 (2008)
Impellizzeri, C. M. V., Henkel, C., Roy, A. L., Menten, K. M.
The detection of the 6.7 GHz line of methanol (CH3OH) is reported for the first time toward an object beyond the Magellanic Clouds. Using the Effelsberg 100 m telescope, two absorption features were...
Jones, P. A., Burton, M. G., Cunningham, M. R., Menten, K. M., Schilke, P., Belloche, A., ...
Using the Mopra telescope, we have undertaken a 3-mm spectral-line imaging survey of a 5 × 5 arcmin^2 area around Sgr B2. We covered almost the complete spectral range from 81.7 to 113.5 GHz, with...
Leurini, S., Hieret, C., Thorwirth, S., Wyrowski, F., Schilke, P., Menten, K. M., ...
We present molecular line observations of the massive star forming region IRAS 17233-3606 aimed at studying the molecular core associated with the source. The observations were made using the Atacama...
Detection of amino acetonitrile in Sgr B2(N) (2008)
Belloche, A., Menten, K. M., Comito, C., Müller, H. S. P., Schilke, P., Ott, J., ...
Context. Amino acids are building blocks of proteins and therefore key ingredients for the origin of life. The simplest amino acid, glycine (NH2CH2COOH), has long been searched for in the...
A high-sensitivity 6.7 GHz methanol maser survey toward H2O sources (2008)
Xu, Y., Li, J. J., Hachisuka, K., Pandian, J. D., Menten, K. M., Henkel, C.
We present the results of a high sensitivity survey for 6.7 GHz methanol masers towards 22 GHz water maser using the 100 m Efflesberg telescope. A total of 89 sources were observed and 10 new...
Submillimeter observations of the J2142-4423 Lya protocluster at z = 2.38 (2008)
Beelen, A., Omont, A., Bavouzet, N., Kovacs, A., Lagache, G., De Breuck, C., ...
We present observations aimed at exploring both the nature of Lya emitting nebulae (Lya blobs) at z=2.38 and the way they trace large scale structure (LSS), by exploring their proximity to maximum...
Massi, M., Ros, E., Menten, K. M., Kaufman Bernardó, M., Torricelli-Ciamponi, G., Neidhöfer, J., ...
Context. The young binary system V773 Tau A exhibits a persistent radio flaring activity that gradually increases from a level of a few mJy at apoastron to more than 100 mJy at periastron....
Variations of the Radio Synchrotron Spectral Index in M33 (2008)
Tabatabaei, F. S., Beck, R., Krügel, E., Krause, M., Berkhuijsen, E. M., Gordon, K. D., ...
We determine the variation in the nonthermal radio spectral index in the nearby spiral galaxy M33. We separate the thermal and nonthermal components of the radio continuum emission without the...
The search for complex molecules in the ISM: a complete 3 mm line survey of Sgr B2-N and -M (2008)
Belloche, A., Comito, C., Hieret, C., Menten, K. M., Mueller, H. S. P., Schilke, P.
Famous for the extraordinary richness of its molecular content, the Sgr B2 molecular cloud complex is the prime target in the long-standing search for ever more complex species. We have completed a...
Detection of amino acetonitrile in Sgr B2(N) (2008)
Belloche, A., Menten, K. M., Comito, C., Mueller, H. S. P., Schilke, P., Ott, J., ...
Amino acids are building blocks of proteins and therefore key ingredients for the origin of life. The simplest amino acid, glycine, has long been searched for in the interstellar medium but has not...
ATCA 3mm observations of NGC6334I and I(N): dense cores, outflows and an UCHII region (2008)
Beuther, H., Walsh, A. J., Thorwirth, S., Zhang, Q., Hunter, T. R., Megeath, S. T., ...
Aims: Investigation of the dense gas, the outflows and the continuum emission from the massive twin cores NGC6334I and I(N) at high spatial resolution. Methods: We imaged the region with the...
Motte, Frédérique, Bontemps, S., Schneider, N., Schilke, P., Menten, K. M.
As Pr. Th. Henning said at the conference, cold precursors of high-mass stars are now "hot topics". We here propose some observational criteria to identify massive infrared-quiet dense cores which...
Decin, L., Cherchneff, I., Hony, S., Dehaes, S., De Breuck, C., Menten, K. M.
Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars are typified by strong dust-driven, molecular outflows. For long, it was believed that the molecular setup of the circumstellar envelope of AGB stars is primarily...
Properties of the molecular gas in a starbursting QSO at z = 1.83 in the COSMOS field (2008)
Aravena, M., Bertoldi, F., Schinnerer, E., Weiss, A., Jahnke, K., Carilli, C. L., ...
The CO line SED and atomic carbon in IRAS F10214+4724 (2008)
Ao, Y., Weiß, A., Downes, D., Walter, F., Henkel, C., Menten, K. M.
Using the IRAM 30 m telescope and the Plateau de Bure interferometer we have detected the CI(^3P2 to ^3P1) and the CO 3-2, 4-3, 6-5, 7-6 transitions as well as the dust continuum at 3 and 1.2 mm...
ATCA 3 mm observations of NGC 6334I and I(N): dense cores, outflows, and an UCH II region (2008)
Beuther, H., Walsh, A. J., Thorwirth, S., Zhang, Q., Hunter, T. R., Megeath, S. T., ...
Aims.We investigate the dense gas, the outflows, and the continuum emission from the massive twin cores NGC 6334I and I(N) at high spatial resolution. Methods: We imaged the region with the Australia...
Properties of the molecular gas in a starbursting QSO at z = 1.83 in the COSMOS field (2008)
Aravena, M., Bertoldi, F., Schinnerer, E., Weiss, A., Jahnke, K., Carilli, C. L., ...
Using the IRAM 30 m telescope, we have detected the 12CO J=2-1, 4-3, 5-4, and 6-5 emission lines in the millimeter-bright, blank-field selected AGN COSMOS J100038+020822 at redshift z = 1.8275. The...
New water masers in Seyfert and FIR bright galaxies. II (2007)
Castangia, P., Tarchi, A., Henkel, C., Menten, K. M.
Recently, a relationship between the water maser detection rate and far infrared (FIR) flux density has been found as a result of a 22 GHz maser survey in a sample comprised of northern galaxies with...
Massi, M., Ros, E., Menten, K. M., Bernado', M. Kaufman, Torricelli-Ciamponi, G., Neidhofer, J., ...
Context {The young binary system V773 Tau A exhibits a persistent radio flaring activity that gradually increases from a level of a few mJy at apoastron to more than 100 mJy at periastron....
Jones, P. A., Burton, M. G., Cunningham, M. R., Menten, K. M., Schilke, P., Belloche, A., ...
Using the Mopra telescope, we have undertaken a 3-mm spectral-line imaging survey of a 5 x 5 arcmin^2 area around Sgr B2. We covered almost the complete spectral the range from 81.7 to 113.5 GHz,...
FG3: spatial and frequency modeling of circumstellar masers (2007)
F. Colomer, K. M. Menten, M. J. Reid
We have developed a computer program (called "FG3") that is useful to model images of spectral line emission. We have applied it successfully to the study of maser emission in the...
Active Star Formation toward the Ultracompact HII Regions G45.12+0.13 and G45.07+0.13 (2007)
T. R. Hunter, T. G. Phillips, K. M. Menten
A multiwavelength study of the molecular cores containing the ultracompact HII (UCHII) regions G45.12+0.13 and G45.07+0.13 reveals a series of phenomenological differences that distinguish the age of...
A Flaring Megamaser in Mrk 348 (2007)
A. B. Peck, H. Falcke, C. Henkel, K. M. Menten, Y. Hagiwara, A Flaring, ...
We report new observations of the H 2 O megamaser in the Seyfert 2 galaxy Mrk 348. Following our initial detection in 2000 March using the Eelsberg 100 m telescope, re-analysis of previous data on...
Menten, K. M., Lundgren, A., Belloche, A., Thorwirth, S., Reid, M. J.
Context: Maser emission from the H2O molecule probes the warm, inner circumstellar envelopes of oxygen-rich red giant and supergiant stars. Multi-maser transition studies can be used to put...
Multi-line (sub)millimetre observations of the high-mass proto cluster IRAS 05358+3543 (2007)
Leurini, S., Beuther, H., Schilke, P., Wyrowski, F., Zhang, Q., Menten, K. M.
Since most high- and intermediate-mass protostars are at great distance and form in clusters, high linear resolution observations are needed to investigate their physical properties. To study the gas...
Millimeter wave spectral line surveys and line mapping studies of NGC6334I and I(N) (2007)
Thorwirth, S., Walsh, A. J., Wyrowski, F., Schilke, P., Beuther, H., Hunter, T. R., ...
NGC6334I and I(N) have been observed with the Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope, SEST, at wavelengths of 3, 2, and 1.3 mm. Especially NGC6334 I shows rich emission from many different molecules,...
The innermost region of the water megamaser radio galaxy 3C403 (2007)
Tarchi, A., Brunthaler, A., Henkel, C., Menten, K. M., Braatz, J., Weiss, A.
The standard unified scheme of active galactic nuclei requires the presence of high column densities of gas and dust potentially obscuring the central engine. So far, few direct subarcsecond...
The distance to the Orion Nebula (2007)
Menten, K. M., Reid, M. J., Forbrich, J., Brunthaler, A.
We have used the Very Long Baseline Array to measure the trigonometric parallax of several member stars of the Orion Nebula Cluster showing non-thermal radio emission. We have determined the distance...
COSBO: The MAMBO 1.2 Millimeter Imaging Survey of the COSMOS Field (2007)
Bertoldi, F., Carilli, C., Aravena, M., Schinnerer, E., Voss, H., Smolcic, V., ...
The inner 20 × 20 arcmin^2 of the COSMOS field was imaged at 250 GHz (1.2 mm) to an rms noise level of ~1 mJy per 11" beam using the Max-Planck Millimeter Bolometer Array (MAMBO-2) at the IRAM 30 m...
Motte, Frédérique, Bontemps, S., Schilke, P., Schneider, N., Menten, K. M., Broguière, D.
We have made an extensive 1.2mm continuum mosaicing study of the Cygnus X molecular cloud complex using the MAMBO cameras at the IRAM 30 m telescope. We then compared our mm maps with mid-IR images,...
High-resolution radio continuum survey of M33 II. Thermal and nonthermal emission (2007)
Tabatabaei, F. S., Beck, R., Krügel, E., Krause, M., Berkhuijsen, E. M., Gordon, K. D., ...
We determine the variation in the nonthermal radio spectral index in the nearby spiral galaxy M33 at a linear resolution of 360 pc. We separate the thermal and nonthermal components of the radio...
Proper Motions in the Andromeda Subgroup (2007)
Brunthaler, A., Reid, M. J., Falcke, H., Henkel, C., Menten, K. M.
This article presents results of VLBI observations of regions of H2O maser activity in the Local Group galaxies M33 and IC10. Since all position measurements were made relative to extragalactic...
Molecular gas in QSO host galaxies at z>5 (2007)
Maiolino, R., Neri, R., Beelen, A., Bertoldi, F., Carilli, C. L., Caselli, P., ...
We present observations with the IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer of three QSOs at z>5 aimed at detecting molecular gas in their host galaxies as traced by CO transitions. CO (5-4) is detected in...
Redshifted formaldehyde from the gravitational lens B0218+357 (2007)
Jethava, N., Henkel, C., Menten, K. M., Carilli, C. L., Reid, M. J.
The gravitational lens toward B0218+357 offers the unique possibility to study cool moderately dense gas with high sensitivity and angular resolution in a cloud that existed half a Hubble time ago....
Dynamical Masses for Pre-Main Sequence Stars: A Preliminary Physical Orbit for V773 Tau A (2007)
Boden, A. F., Torres, G., Sargent, A. I., Akeson, R. L., Carpenter, J. M., Boboltz, D. A., ...
We report on interferometric and radial-velocity observations of the double-lined 51-d period binary (A) component of the quadruple pre-main sequence (PMS) system V773 Tau. With these observations we...
APEX survey of southern high mass star forming regions (2007)
Hieret, C., Leurini, S., Menten, K. M., Schilke, P., Thorwirth, S., Wyrowski, F.
A systematic study of a large sample of sources, covering a wide range in galactocentric distances, masses and luminosities, is a fast and efficient way of obtaining a good overview of the different...
Imaging the Ionized Disk of the High-Mass Protostar Orion-I (2007)
Reid, M. J., Menten, K. M., Greenhill, L. J., Chandler, C. J.
We have imaged the enigmatic radio source-I (Orion-I) in the Orion-KL nebula with the VLA at 43 GHz with 34 mas angular resolution. The continuum emission is highly elongated and is consistent with...
Forbrich, J., Preibisch, Th., Menten, K. M., Neuhäuser, R., Walter, F. M., Tamura, M., ...
Multi-wavelength (X-ray to radio) monitoring of Young Stellar Objects (YSOs) can provide important information about physical processes at the stellar surface, in the stellar corona, and/or in the...
Zhang, J. S., Henkel, C., Mauersberger, R., Menten, K. M., Tieftrunk, A. R., ...
Using the 15-m Swedish ESO Sub-millimeter Telescope (SEST), CO, HCN, and HCO+ observations of the galactic star-forming region NGC6334 FIR II are presented, complemented by [C I] 3^P_1--3^P_0 and...
Beuther, H., Leurini, S., Schilke, P., Wyrowski, F., Menten, K. M., Zhang, Q.
The young massive star-forming region IRAS05358+3543 was observed at high-spatial resolution in the continuum emission at 3.1 and 1.2mm with the Plateau de Bure Interferometer, and at 875 and 438mum...
Hot ammonia in NGC6334I & I(N) (2007)
Beuther, H., Walsh, A. J., Thorwirth, S., Zhang, Q., Hunter, T. R., Megeath, S. T., ...
Aims: The massive twin cores NGC6334I and I(N) are in different evolutionary stages and hence ideal targets to study evolutionary variations within the same larger-scale environment. Here, we study...
COSBO: The MAMBO 1.2 millimeter imaging survey of the COSMOS field (2007)
Bertoldi, F., Carilli, C., Aravena, M., Schinnerer, E., Voss, H., Smolcic, V., ...
Molecular gas in QSO host galaxies at z > 5 (2007)
Maiolino, R., Neri, R., Beelen, A., Bertoldi, F., Carilli, C. L., Caselli, P., ...
We present observations with the IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer of three QSOs at z>5 aimed at detecting molecular gas in their host galaxies as traced by CO transitions. CO (5-4) is detected in...
Multi-line (sub)millimetre observations of the high-mass proto cluster IRAS 05358+3543 (2007)
Leurini, S., Beuther, H., Schilke, P., Wyrowski, F., Zhang, Q., Menten, K. M.
Context: Since most high- and intermediate-mass protostars are at great distance and form in clusters, high linear resolution observations are needed to investigate their physical properties. Aims:...
Hot ammonia in NGC 6334I & I(N) (2007)
Beuther, H., Walsh, A. J., Thorwirth, S., Zhang, Q., Hunter, T. R., Megeath, S. T., ...
Aims.The massive twin cores NGC 6334I and I(N) are in different evolutionary stages and hence ideal targets to study evolutionary variations within the same larger-scale environment. Here, we study...
Beuther, H., Leurini, S., Schilke, P., Wyrowski, F., Menten, K. M., Zhang, Q.
Aims.We study the small-scale structure of massive star-forming regions through interferometric observations in several (sub)mm wavelength bands. These observations resolve multiple sources, yield...
COSBO: the MAMBO 1.2 millimeter imaging survey of the COSMOS field (2007)
Bertoldi, F., Carilli, C., Aravena, M., Schinnerer, E., Voss, H., Smolcic, V., ...
The inner 20×20 arcmin2 of the COSMOS field was imaged at 250 GHz (1.2 mm) to an rms noise level of ~1 mJy per 11" beam using the Max-Planck Millimeter Bolometer Array (MAMBO-2) at the IRAM 30 m...
CO(1--0) emission from quasar host galaxies beyond redshift 4 (2007)
Riechers, D. A., Walter, F., Carilli, C. L., Knudsen, K. K., Lo, K. Y., Benford, D. J., ...
Molecular gas has now been detected in 15 z > 2 QSOs through observations of high-J CO transitions using millimeter interferometers. Observations of the CO ground-state transition CO(1--0), however,...
Detecting low-order CO emission from z >4 quasar host galaxies (2007)
Riechers, D. A., Walter, F., Carilli, C. L., Knudsen, K. K., Lo, K. Y., Benford, D. J., ...
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Hot ammonia in NGC 63341 & I(N) (2007)
Beuther, H., Walsh, A.J., Thorwirth, S., Zhang, Q., Hunter, T.R., Megeath, S.T., ...
Aims. The massive twin cores NGC 6334I and I(N) are in different evolutionary stages and hence ideal targets to study evolutionary variations within the same larger-scale environment. Here, we study...
The Position of Sagittarius A*: III. Motion of the Stellar Cusp (2006)
Reid, M. J., Menten, K. M., Trippe, S., Ott, T., Genzel, R.
In the first two papers of this series, we determined the position of Sgr A* on infrared images, by aligning the positions of red giant stars with positions measured at radio wavelengths for their...
Towards a kinematic model of the Local Group (2006)
Brunthaler, A., Reid, M. J., Falcke, H., Henkel, C., Menten, K. M.
Measuring the proper motions and geometric distances of galaxies within the Local Group is very important for our understanding of the history, present state and future of the Local Group. Currently,...
The water megamaser in the merger system Arp299 (2006)
Tarchi, A., Castangia, P., Henkel, C., Menten, K. M.
We present preliminary results of an interferometric study of the water megamaser in the merger system Arp299. This system is composed of two main sources: IC694 and NGC3690. There is clear evidence...
The Proper Motion of the Local Group Galaxy IC 10 (2006)
Brunthaler, A., Reid, M. J., Falcke, H., Henkel, C., Menten, K. M.
We have measured the proper motion of the Local Group galaxy IC 10 with the Very Long Baseline Array by measuring the position of an H2O maser relative to two background quasars over 4.3 years. After...
Search for Cold Debris Disks around M-dwarfs (2006)
Wyatt, M. C., Bertoldi, F., Dent, W. R. F., Menten, K. M.
Debris disks are believed to be related to planetesimals left over around stars after planet formation has ceased. The frequency of debris disks around M-dwarfs which account for 70% of the stars in...
First observations with CONDOR, a 1.5 THz heterodyne receiver (2006)
Wiedner, M. C., Wieching, G., Bielau, F., Emprechtinger, M., Rettenbacher, K., Volgenau, N. H., ...
The THz atmospheric windows centered at roughly 1.3 and 1.5~THz, contain numerous spectral lines of astronomical importance, including three high-J CO lines, the N+ line at 205 microns, and the...
Search for Compact Extragalactic Radio Sources Near Massive Star Forming Regions (2006)
Xu, Y., Reid, M. J., Menten, K. M., Zheng, X. W.
We have used the Very Large Array to search for compact milliarcsecond-size radio sources near methanol masers in high-mass star-forming regions. Such sources are required for Very Long Baseline...
Molecular excitation in the Eagle nebula's fingers (2006)
Schuller, F., Leurini, S., Hieret, C., Menten, K. M., Philipp, S. D., Guesten, R., ...
Context: The M16 nebula is a relatively nearby Hii region, powered by O stars from the open cluster NGC 6611, which borders to a Giant Molecular Cloud. Radiation from these hot stars has sculpted...
Submillimeter vibrationally excited water emission from the peculiar red supergiant VY CMa (2006)
Menten, K. M., Philipp, S. D., Guesten, R., Alcolea, J., Polehampton, E. T., Bruenken, S.
Vibrationally excited emission from the SiO and H2O molecules probes the innermost circumstellar envelopes of oxygen-rich red giant and supergiant stars. VY CMa is the most prolific known stellar...
APEX 1 mm line survey of the Orion Bar (2006)
Leurini, S., Rolffs, R., Thorwirth, S., Parise, B., Schilke, P., Comito, C., ...
Unbiased molecular line surveys are a powerful tool for analyzing the physical and chemical parameters of astronomical objects and are the only means for obtaining a complete view of the molecular...
Revealing the environs of the remarkable southern hot core G327.3-0.6 (2006)
Wyrowski, F., Menten, K. M., Schilke, P., Thorwirth, S., Guesten, R., Bergman, P.
We present a submm study of the massive hot core G327.3-0.6 that constrains its physical parameters and environment. The APEX telescope was used to image CO and N2H+ emission, to observe lines from...
Mid- and high-J CO observations towards UCHIIs (2006)
Wyrowski, F., Heyminck, S., Guesten, R., Menten, K. M.
A study of 12 ultracompact HII regions was conducted to probe the physical conditions and kinematics in the inner envelopes of the molecular clumps harboring them. The APEX telescope was used to...
{Millimeter Multiplicity in NGC 6334 I and I(N) (2006)
Hunter, T. R., Brogan, C. L., Megeath, S. T., Menten, K. M., Beuther, H., Thorwirth, S.
Using the Submillimeter Array (SMA), we have imaged the 1.3 millimeter continuum emission at the center of the massive star-forming regions NGC 6334 I and I(N). In both regions, the SMA observations...
Synchrotron emission from the T Tauri binary system V773 Tau A (2006)
Massi, M., Forbrich, J., Menten, K. M., Torricelli-Ciamponi, G., Neidhofer, J., Leurini, S., ...
The pre-main sequence binary system V773 Tau A shows remarkable flaring activity around periastron passage. Here, we present the observation of such a flare at a wavelength of 3 mm (90 GHz) performed...
Radio continuum monitoring of the extreme carbon star IRC+10216 (2006)
Menten, K. M., Reid, M. J., Kruegel, E., Claussen, M. J., Sahai, R.
We describe Very Large Array observations of the extreme carbon star IRC+10216 at 8.4, 14.9, and 22.5 GHz made over a two year period. We find possible variability correlated with the infrared phase...
Discovery of Interstellar CF+ (2006)
Neufeld, D. A., Schilke, P., Menten, K. M., Wolfire, M. G., Black, J. H., Schuller, F., ...
We discuss the first astronomical detection of the CF+ (fluoromethylidynium) ion, obtained by observations of the J=1-0 (102.6 GHz), J=2-1 (205.2 GHz) and J=3-2 (307.7 GHz) rotational transitions...
Quasars in the MAMBO blank field survey (2006)
Voss, H., Bertoldi, F., Carilli, C., Owen, F. N., Lutz, D., Holdaway, M., ...
Millimeter multiplicity in NGC 6334 I and I(N) (2006)
Hunter, T. R., Brogan, C. L., Megeath, S. T., Menten, K. M., Beuther, H., Thorwirth, S.
Using the Submillimeter Array (SMA), we have imaged the 1.3 mm continuum emission at the centers of the massive star-forming regions NGC 6334 I and I(N). In both regions, the SMA observations resolve...
The Distance to the Perseus Spiral Arm in the Milky Way (2005)
Xu, Y., Reid, M. J., Zheng, X. W., Menten, K. M.
We have measured the distance to the massive star-forming region W3OH in the Perseus spiral arm of the Milky Way to be 1.95 $\pm$ 0.04 kilo-parsecs ($5.86\times10^{16}$ km). This distance was...
Water maser motions in W3(OH) and a determination of its distance (2005)
Hachisuka, K., Brunthaler, A., Menten, K. M., Reid, M. J., Imai, H., Hagiwara, Y., ...
We report phase-referencing VLBA observations of H2O masers near the star-forming region W3(OH) to measure their parallax and absolute proper motions. The measured annual parallax is 0.489 +/- 0.017...
Far-Infrared detection of methylene (2005)
Polehampton, E. T., Menten, K. M., Bruenken, S., Winnewisser, G.
We present a clear detection of CH2 in absorption towards the molecular cloud complexes Sagittarius B2 and W49 N using the ISO Long Wavelength Spectrometer. These observations represent the first...
Kanekar, N., Carilli, C. L., Langston, G. I., Rocha, G., Combes, F., Subrahmanyan, R., ...
We have detected the four 18cm OH lines from the $z \sim 0.765$ gravitational lens toward PMN J0134-0931. The 1612 and 1720 MHz lines are in conjugate absorption and emission, providing a laboratory...
First astronomical detection of the CF+ ion (2005)
Neufeld, D. A., Schilke, P., Menten, K. M., Wolfire, M. G., Black, J. H., Schuller, F., ...
We report the first astronomical detection of the CF+ (fluoromethylidynium) ion obtained by recent observations of its J = 1 - 0 (102.6 GHz), J = 2 - 1 (205.2 GHz), and J = 3 - 2 (307.7 GHz) pure...
Henkel, C., Jethava, N., Kraus, A., Menten, K. M., Carilli, C. L., Grasshoff, M., ...
Using the Effelsberg 100-m telescope, absorption in the (J,K) = (1,1), (2,2) and (3,3) inversion lines of ammonia (NH_3) was detected at a redshift of z = 0.6847 toward the gravitational lens system...
First detection of [CII]158um at high redshift: vigorous star formation in the early universe (2005)
Maiolino, R., Cox, P., Caselli, P., Beelen, A., Bertoldi, F., Carilli, C. L., ...
We report the detection of the 2P_3/2 -> 2P_1/2 fine-structure line of C+ at 157.74 micron in SDSSJ114816.64+525150.3 (hereafter J1148+5251), the most distant known quasar, at z=6.42, using the IRAM...
Initial Conditions for Massive Star Birth -- Infrared Dark Clouds (2005)
Menten, K. M., Pillai, T., Wyrowski, F.
We summarize the properties of Infrared Dark Clouds, massive, dense, and cool aggregations of interstellar gas and dust that are found througout the Galaxy in projection against the strong...
Imaging low order CO emission from the z=4.12 QSO PSS 2322+1944 (2005)
Carilli, C., Cox, P., Bertoldi, F., Menten, K. M., Omont, A.
We present observations of CO 1-0 and CO 2-1 emission from the z = 4.12 QSO PSS 2322+1944 using the Very Large Array. The CO emission is extended on a spatial scale of 2\'\'. This extension could...
86 GHz SiO maser survey of late-type stars in the Inner Galaxy. I. Observational data (2005)
Messineo, M., Habing, H. J., Sjouwerman, L. O., Omont, A., Menten, K. M.
We present 86 GHz (v = 1, J = 2 -1) SiO maser line observations with the IRAM 30-m telescope of a sample of 441 late-type stars in the Inner Galaxy (-4 degr < l < +30 degr). These stars were selected...
High-excitation CO in a quasar host galaxy at z=6.42 (2005)
Bertoldi, F., Cox, P., Neri, R., Carilli, C. L., Walter, F., Omont, A., ...
We report the detection of high excitation CO emission from the most distant quasar currently known, SDSS J114816.64+525150.3 (hereafter J1148+5251), at a redshift z=6.419. The CO (J=6-5) and (J=7-6)...
Messineo, M., Habing, H. J., Menten, K. M., Omont, A., Sjouwerman, L. O.
We present a compilation and study of DENIS, 2MASS, ISOGAL, MSX and IRAS 1--25 micron photometry for a sample of 441 late-type stars in the inner Galaxy, which we previously searched for 86 GHz SiO...
Radio continuum imaging of FIR luminous QSOs at z>6 (2005)
Carilli, C. L., Walter, F., Bertoldi, F., Menten, K. M., Fan, X., Lewis, G. F., ...
We present sensitive imaging at 1.4 GHz of the two highest redshift far-infrared (FIR) luminous QSOs SDSS J114816.65+525150.2 (z=6.42) and SDSS J104845.05+463718.3 (z=6.2). Radio continuum emission...
A Search for Dense Molecular Gas in High Redshift Infrared-Luminous Galaxies (2005)
Carilli, C. L., Solomon, P., Bout, P. Vanden, Walter, F., Beelen, Alexandre, Cox, Pierre, ...
We present a search for HCN emission from four high redshift far infrared (IR) luminous galaxies. Current data and models suggest that these high $z$ IR luminous galaxies represent a major starburst...
Beuther, H., Thorwirth, S., Zhang, Q., Hunter, T. R., Megeath, S. T., Walsh, A. J., ...
Molecular line observations of NH3 (J,K)=(1,1), (2,2) and CH3OH at 24.93GHz taken with the Australian Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) toward the massive twin cores NGC6334 I & I(N) reveal significant...
Messineo, M., Habing, H. J., Menten, K. M., Omont, A., Sjouwerman, L. O., Bertoldi, F.
We have determined extinction corrections for a sample of 441 late-type stars in the inner Galaxy, which we previously searched for SiO maser emission, using the 2MASS near-infrared photometry of the...
Discovery of a Radio Source following the 27 December 2004 Giant Flare from SGR 1806-20 (2005)
Cameron, P. B., Chandra, P., Ray, A., Kulkarni, S. R., Frail, D. A., Wieringa, M. H., ...
Over a decade ago it was established that the remarkable high energy transients, known as soft gamma-ray repeaters (SGRs), are a Galactic population and originate from neutron stars with intense (~...
The faint counterparts of MAMBO 1.1 mm sources near the NTT deep field (2005)
Dannerbauer, H., Lehnert, M. D., Lutz, D., Tacconi, L., Bertoldi, F., Carilli, C., ...
Star formation and AGN in the early universe: quasars in the MAMBO deep field survey (2005)
Bertoldi, F., Carilli, C. L., Voss, H., Owen, F., Lutz, D., Dannerbauer, H., ...
The faint counterparts of MAMBO 1.2mm sources near the NTT Deep Field (2005)
Dannerbauer, H., Lehnert, M. D., Lutz, D., Tacconi, L., Bertoldi, F., Carilli, C., ...
Recent star formation in the Galactic centre seen by ISO and Spitzer (2005)
Schüller, F., Omont, A., Felli, M., Testi, L., Bertoldi, F., Menten, K. M.
The earliest phases of massive star formation within entire molecular cloud complexes (2005)
Motte, F., Bontemps, S., Schilke, P., Lis, D. C., Schneider, N., Menten, K. M.
Detection of a radio counterpart to the 27 December 2004 giant flare from SGR 1806-20 (2005)
Cameron, P. B., Chandra, P., Ray, A., Kulkarni, S. R., Frail, D. A., Wieringa, M. H., ...
A search for dense molecular gas in high-redshift infrared-luminous galaxies (2005)
Carilli, C. L., Solomon, P., Vanden Bout, P., Walter, F., Beelen, A., Cox, P., ...
Far-infrared detection of methylene (2005)
Polehampton, E. T., Menten, K. M., Brunken, S., Winnewisser, G., Baluteau, J. P.
Probing the obscuring medium around active nuclei using masers : The case of 3C 403 (2005)
Tarchi, A., Henkel, C., Chiaberge, M., Menten, K. M., Brunthaler, A., Moscadelli, L.
The faint counterparts of MAMBO 1.2mm sources near the NTT Deep Field (2005)
Dannerbauer, Helmut, Lehnert, M. D., Lutz, D., Tacconi, L., Bertoldi, F., Carilli, C., ...
Maiolino, R., Cox, P., Caselli, P., Beelen, A., Bertoldi, F., Carilli, C. L., ...
We report the detection of the 2P3/2 --> 2P1/2 fine-structure line of C+ at 157.74 mu m in SDSS J114816.64+525150.3 (hereafter J1148+5251), the most distant known quasar, at z=6.42, using the IRAM...
A search for dense molecular gas in high-redshift infrared-luminous galaxies (2005)
Carilli, C. L., Solomon, P., Vanden Bout, P., Walter, F., Beelen, Alexandre, Cox, Pierre, ...
We present a search for HCN emission from four high-redshift far-IR-luminous galaxies. Current data and models suggest that these high-z IR-luminous galaxies represent a major starburst phase in the...
Far-Infrared detection of methylene (2004)
Polehampton, E. T., Menten, K. M., Bruenken, S., Winnewisser, G.
We present a clear detection of CH2 in absorption towards the molecular cloud complexes Sagittarius B2 and W49 N using the ISO Long Wavelength Spectrometer. These observations represent the first...
Distance of W3(OH) by VLBI annual parallax measurement (2004)
Hachisuka, K., Brunthaler, A., Hagiwara, Y., Menten, K. M., Imai, H., Miyoshi, M., ...
The most powerful tool for measuring distances within our Galaxy is the annual parallax. We carried out phase-referencing VLBI observations of H$_{2}$O masers in the star forming region W3(OH) with...
A Search for Dense Molecular Gas in High Redshift Infrared-Luminous Galaxies (2004)
Carilli, C. L., Solomon, P., Bout, P. Vanden, Walter, F., Beelen, Alexandre, Cox, Pierre, ...
We present a search for HCN emission from four high redshift far infrared (IR) luminous galaxies. Current data and models suggest that these high $z$ IR luminous galaxies represent a major starburst...
Probing the obscuring medium around active nuclei using masers: The case of 3C403 (2004)
Tarchi, A., Henkel, C., Chiaberge, M., Menten, K. M., Brunthaler, A., Moscadelli, L.
We report the first detection of a water megamaser in a radio-loud galaxy, 3C403, and present a follow-up study using the VLA. 3C403 has been observed as a part of a small sample of FRII galaxies...
Accurate rest frequencies of methanol maser and dark cloud lines (2004)
Mueller, H. S. P., Menten, K. M., Maeder, H.
We report accurate laboratory measurements of selected methanol transition frequencies between 0.834 and 230 GHz in order to facilitate astronomical velocity analyses. New data have been obtained...
The IC133 Water Vapor Maser in the Galaxy M33: A Geometric Distance (2004)
Argon, A. L., Greenhill, L. J., Moran, J. M., Reid, M. J., Menten, K. M., Inoue, M.
We report on the results of a 14 year long VLBI study of proper motions in the IC133 H2O maser source in the galaxy M33. The method of Ordered Motion Parallax was used to model the 3-dimensional...
Radio continuum imaging of FIR luminous QSOs at z>6 (2004)
Carilli, C. L., Walter, F., Bertoldi, F., Menten, K. M., Fan, X., Lewis, G. F., ...
We present sensitive imaging at 1.4 GHz of the two highest redshift far-infrared (FIR) luminous QSOs SDSS J114816.65+525150.2 (z=6.42) and SDSS J104845.05+463718.3 (z=6.2). Radio continuum emission...
The faint counterparts of MAMBO mm sources near the NTT Deep Field (2004)
Dannerbauer, H., Lehnert, M. D., Lutz, D., Tacconi, L., Bertoldi, F., Carilli, C., ...
We discuss identifications for 18 sources from our MAMBO 1.2mm survey of the region surrounding the NTT Deep Field. We have obtained accurate positions from Very Large Array 1.4GHz interferometry and...
Molecular gas in high redshift QSOs (2004)
Carilli, C. L., Bertoldi, F., Walter, F., Menten, K. M., Beelen, A., Cox, P., ...
We review cm and mm observations of thermal molecular line emission from high redshift QSOs. These observations reveal the massive gas reservoirs (10^{10} to 10^{11} M_sun) required to fuel star...
Methanol: a diagnostic tool for high-mass star-forming regions (2004)
Leurini, S., Schilke, P., Menten, K. M., Flower, D. R., Pottage, J. T.
We here present an innovative technique to handle the problem of deriving physical parameters from observed multi-line spectra of methanol, based on the simultaneous fit of all the lines with a...
Perspective from a Younger Generation -- The Astro-Spectroscopy of Gisbert Winnewisser (2004)
Gisbert Winnewisser's astronomical career was practically coextensive with the whole development of molecular radio astronomy. Here I would like to pick out a few of his many contributions, which I,...
Messineo, M., Habing, H. J., Menten, K. M., Omont, A., Sjouwerman, L. O.
We present a compilation and study of DENIS, 2MASS, ISOGAL, MSX and IRAS 1--25 micron photometry for a sample of 441 late-type stars in the inner Galaxy, which we previously searched for 86 GHz SiO...
Far-Infrared detection of methylene (2004)
Polehampton, E. T., Menten, K. M., Bruenken, S., Winnewisser, G.
We present a clear detection of CH2 in absorption towards the molecular cloud complexes Sagittarius B2 and W49 N using the ISO Long Wavelength Spectrometer. These observations represent the first...
Messineo, M., Habing, H. J., Menten, K. M., Omont, A., Sjouwerman, L. O.
We present a compilation and study of DENIS, 2MASS, ISOGAL, MSX and IRAS 1--25 micron photometry for a sample of 441 late-type stars in the inner Galaxy, which we previously searched for 86 GHz SiO...
Radio continuum imaging of FIR luminous QSOs at z>6 (2004)
Carilli, C. L., Walter, F., Bertoldi, F., Menten, K. M., Fan, X., Lewis, G. F., ...
We present sensitive imaging at 1.4 GHz of the two highest redshift far-infrared (FIR) luminous QSOs SDSS J114816.65+525150.2 (z=6.42) and SDSS J104845.05+463718.3 (z=6.2). Radio continuum emission...
A Search for Dense Molecular Gas in High Redshift Infrared-Luminous Galaxies (2004)
Carilli, C. L., Solomon, P., Bout, P. Vanden, Walter, F., Beelen, Alexandre, Cox, Pierre, ...
We present a search for HCN emission from four high redshift far infrared (IR) luminous galaxies. Current data and models suggest that these high $z$ IR luminous galaxies represent a major starburst...
Far-Infrared detection of methylene (2004)
Polehampton, E. T., Menten, K. M., Bruenken, S., Winnewisser, G.
We present a clear detection of CH2 in absorption towards the molecular cloud complexes Sagittarius B2 and W49 N using the ISO Long Wavelength Spectrometer. These observations represent the first...
Messineo, M., Habing, H. J., Menten, K. M., Omont, A., Sjouwerman, L. O.
We present a compilation and study of DENIS, 2MASS, ISOGAL, MSX and IRAS 1--25 micron photometry for a sample of 441 late-type stars in the inner Galaxy, which we previously searched for 86 GHz SiO...
Radio continuum imaging of FIR luminous QSOs at z>6 (2004)
Carilli, C. L., Walter, F., Bertoldi, F., Menten, K. M., Fan, X., Lewis, G. F., ...
We present sensitive imaging at 1.4 GHz of the two highest redshift far-infrared (FIR) luminous QSOs SDSS J114816.65+525150.2 (z=6.42) and SDSS J104845.05+463718.3 (z=6.2). Radio continuum emission...
A Search for Dense Molecular Gas in High Redshift Infrared-Luminous Galaxies (2004)
Carilli, C. L., Solomon, P., Bout, P. Vanden, Walter, F., Beelen, Alexandre, Cox, Pierre, ...
We present a search for HCN emission from four high redshift far infrared (IR) luminous galaxies. Current data and models suggest that these high $z$ IR luminous galaxies represent a major starburst...
The IC 133 water vapor maser in the galaxy M33 : a geometric distance (2004)
Argon, A. L., Greenhill, L. J., Moran, J. M., Reid, M. J., Menten, K. M., Inoue, M.
Radio continuum imaging of far-infrared-luminous QSOs at z > 6 (2004)
Carilli, C. L., Walter, F., Bertoldi, F., Menten, K. M., Fan, X., Lewis, G. F., ...
Distance of W3(OH) by VLBI annual parallax measurement (2004)
Hachisuka, K., Brunthaler, A., Hagiwara, Y., Menten, K. M., Imai, H., Miyoshi, M., ...
86 GHz SiO maser survey and kinematics in the galactic bulge (2004)
Sjouwerman, L. O., Messineo, M., Sevenster, M. N., Omont, A., Menten, K. M., ...
Extragalactic water masers in bright IRAS sources (2004)
Tarchi, A., Henkel, C., Peck, A. B., Nagar, N., Moscadelli, L., Menten, K. M.
We report 5-43 GHz radio observations of the CRL 2136 region at 0.6-6 arcsec resolution. We detect weak (mJy intensity) radio emission from the deeply embedded high-mass protostar IRS 1, which has an...
Water vapor in the starburst galaxy NGC 253: A new nuclear maser? (2003)
Henkel, C., Tarchi, A., Menten, K. M., Peck, A. B.
22 GHz water vapor emission was observed toward the central region of the spiral starburst galaxy NGC 253. Monitoring observations with the 100-m telescope at Effelsberg and measurements with the BnC...
Extragalactic water masers in bright IRAS sources (2003)
Tarchi, A., Henkel, C., Peck, A. B., Nagar, N., Moscadelli, L., Menten, K. M.
We report the results of a search for 22 GHz water maser emission in IRAS-bright galaxies, using the 100-m Effelsberg telescope. In particular, we present the details of four new maser detections...
High-excitation CO in a quasar host galaxy at z=6.42 (2003)
Bertoldi, F., Cox, P., Neri, R., Carilli, C. L., Walter, F., Omont, A., ...
We report the detection of high excitation CO emission from the most distant quasar currently known, SDSS J114816.64+525150.3 (hereafter J1148+5251), at a redshift z=6.419. The CO (J=6-5) and (J=7-6)...
Discovery of a luminous water megamaser in the FRII radiogalaxy 3C403 (2003)
Tarchi, A., Henkel, C., Chiaberge, M., Menten, K. M.
We report the first detection of a water megamaser in a radio-loud galaxy, 3C403. This object has been observed as part of a small sample of FRIIs with evidence of nuclear obscuration. The isotropic...
A Class of Interstellar OH Masers Associated with Protostellar Outflows (2003)
Argon, A. L., Reid, M. J., Menten, K. M.
Using the Very Large Array, we have detected weak OH maser emission near the Turner-Welch protostellar source in the W3 OH region. Unlike typical interstellar OH masers, which are associated with...
The Position, Motion, and Mass of Sgr A* (2003)
Reid, M. J., Menten, K. M., Genzel, R., Ott, T., Schoedel, R., Eckart, A., ...
We report progress on measuring the position of Sgr A* on infrared images, placing limits on the motion of the central star cluster relative to Sgr A*, and measuring the proper motionof Sgr A*...
Inward Bound: Studying the Galactic Centre with NAOS/CONICA (2003)
Ott, T., Schoedel, R., Genzel, R., Eckart, A., Lacombe, F., Rouan, D., ...
We report on the first results obtained using adaptive optics measurements of the Galactic Centre done with NAOS/CONICA.
The Flaring H2O Megamaser and Compact Radio Source in Mrk 348 (2003)
Peck, A. B., Henkel, C., Ulvestad, J. S., Brunthaler, A., Falcke, H., Elitzur, M., ...
We report on single-dish monitoring and extremely high angular resolution observations of the flaring H2O megamaser in the Seyfert 2 galaxy Mrk 348. The H2O line is redshifted by ~130 km/s with...
High-excitation CO in a quasar host galaxy at z=6.42 (2003)
Bertoldi, F., Cox, P., Neri, R., Carilli, C. L., Walter, F., Omont, A., ...
We report the detection of high excitation CO emission from the most distant quasar currently known, SDSS J114816.64+525150.3 (hereafter J1148+5251), at a redshift z=6.419. The CO (J=6-5) and (J=7-6)...
High-excitation CO in a quasar host galaxy at z=6.42 (2003)
Bertoldi, F., Cox, P., Neri, R., Carilli, C. L., Walter, F., Omont, A., ...
We report the detection of high excitation CO emission from the most distant quasar currently known, SDSS J114816.64+525150.3 (hereafter J1148+5251), at a redshift z=6.419. The CO (J=6-5) and (J=7-6)...
A class of interstellar OH masers associated with protostellar outflows (2003)
Argon, A. L., Reid, M. J., Menten, K. M.
Using the Very Large Array, we have detected weak OH maser emission near the Turner-Welch protostellar source in the W3 OH region. Unlike typical interstellar OH masers, which are associated with...
LABOCA, a first generation bolometer camera for APEX (2003)
Kreysa, E., Bertoldi, F., Menten, K. M., Muders, D., Reichertz, L. A., ...
Inward bound: studying the Galactic Centre with NAOS/CONICA (2003)
Ott, T., Schödel, R., Genzel, R., Eckart, A., Lacombe, F., Rouan, D., ...
The position, motion, and mass of SgrA* (2003)
Reid, M. J., Menten, K. M., Genzel, R., Ott, T., Schödel, R., Brunthaler, A.
Moscadelli, L., Menten, K. M., Walmsley, C. M., Reid, M. J.
This paper reports on the results of high velocity resolution (0.02 km s(-1)) VLBA observations of the 12 GHz methanol masers toward the ultracompact (UC) H II region W3(OH). About 50 maser features...
Thorwirth, S., Wyrowski, F., Schilke, P., Menten, K. M., Brunken, S., Muller, H. S. P., ...
We report the detection of direct l-type transitions toward the proto planetary nebula CRL 618 during a study of vibrationally excited carbon chains. The J = 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 DeltaJ = 0...
Detection of a second, strong submillimeter HCN laser line toward carbon stars (2003)
We have searched for and found strong laser action at a frequency near 891 GHz in the J = 10-9 transition between the (11(1)0) and (04(0)0) vibrationally excited states of HCN toward the mass-losing...
Discovery of a luminous water megamaser in the FR II radiogalaxy 3C 403 (2003)
Tarchi, A., Henkel, C., Chiaberge, M., Menten, K. M.
We report the first detection of a water megamaser in a radio-loud galaxy, 3C 403. This object has been observed as part of a small sample of FR IIs with evidence of nuclear obscuration. The...
High-excitation CO in a quasar host galaxy at z=6.42 (2003)
Bertoldi, F., Cox, P., Neri, R., Carilli, C. L., Walter, F., Omont, A., ...
We report the detection of high excitation CO emission from the most distant quasar currently known, SDSS J114816.64+525150.3 (hereafter J1148+5251), at a redshift z = 6.419. The CO (J = 6 --> 5) and...
Schilke, P., Leurini, S., Menten, K. M., Alcolea, J.
We report the detection of the silicon nitride (SiN) N = 2 - 1, J = 5 = 2 - 3 / 2 transition toward SgrB2( M), in absorption. Although it has been seen in a circumstellar envelope before, this is the...
Interstellar hydroxyl masers in the Galaxy. II. Zeeman pairs and the galactic magnetic field (2003)
Fish, V. L., Reid, M. J., Argon, A. L., Menten, K. M.
We have identified and classified Zeeman pairs in the survey by Argon, Reid, & Menten of massive star-forming regions with 18 cm ((II3/2)-I-2; J=3/2) OH maser emission. We have found a total of more...
Molecular gas in the host galaxy of a quasar at redshift z=6.42 (2003)
Walter, F., Bertoldi, F., Carilli, C., Cox, P., Lo, K. Y., Neri, R., ...
Observations of molecular hydrogen in quasar host galaxies at high redshifts provide fundamental constraints on galaxy evolution, because it is out of this molecular gas that stars form. Molecular...
Wyrowski, F., Schilke, P., Thorwirth, S., Menten, K. M., Winnewisser, G.
We used the Effelsberg 100 m and IRAM 30 m telescopes to observe vibrationally excited cyanoacetylene (HC3N) in several rotational transitions toward the proto-planetary nebula CRL 618. Lines from...
The flaring H2O megamaser and compact radio source in Markarian 348 (2003)
Peck, A. B., Henkel, C., Ulvestad, J. S., Brunthaler, A., Falcke, H., Elitzur, M., ...
We report on single-dish monitoring and extremely high angular resolution observations of the flaring H2O megamaser in the Seyfert 2 galaxy Mrk 348. The H2O line is redshifted by similar to130 km...
Reid, M. J., Menten, K. M., Genzel, R., Ott, T., Schödel, R., Eckart, A.
In 1979, Menten and coworkers accurately determined the position of Sgr A* on an infrared image by aligning the infrared image with positions measured for SiO masers, associated with infrared-bright...
Inward bound: Studying the galactic centre with NAOS/CONICA (2003)
Ott, T., Schödel, R., Genzel, R., Eckart, A., Lacombe, F., Rouan, D., ...
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II. Accurate Positions and Proper Motions of Stellar SiO Masers near the Galactic Center (2002)
Reid, M. J., Menten, K. M., Genzel, R., Ott, T., Schoedel, R., Eckart, A.
Menten, Reid, Eckart and Genzel (1997) accurately determined the position of Sgr A* on an infrared image, by aligning the infrared image with positions measured for SiO masers, associated with...
Thorwirth, S., Wyrowski, F., Schilke, P., Menten, K. M., Bruenken, S., Mueller, H. S. P., ...
We report the detection of direct l-type transitions towards the proto-planetary nebula CRL 618 during a study of vibrationally excited carbon chains. The J=8,10,11,12,13,14 DJ=0 transitions of HCN...
Wyrowski, F., Schilke, P., Thorwirth, S., Menten, K. M., Winnewisser, G.
We used the Effelsberg 100m and IRAM 30m telescopes to observe vibrationally excited cyanoacetylene (HCCCN) in several rotational transitions toward the proto-planetary nebula CRL618. Lines from 9...
Closest Star Seen Orbiting the Supermassive Black Hole at the Centre of the Milky Way (2002)
Schodel, R., Ott, T., Genzel, R., Hofmann, R., Lehnert, M., Eckart, A., ...
Measurements of stellar velocities and variable X-ray emission near the centre of the Milky Way have provided the strongest evidence so far that the dark mass concentrations seen in many galactic...
86 GHz SiO maser survey of late-type stars in the Inner Galaxy. I. Observational data (2002)
Messineo, M., Habing, H. J., Sjouwerman, L. O., Omont, A., Menten, K. M.
We present 86 GHz (v = 1, J = 2 -1) SiO maser line observations with the IRAM 30-m telescope of a sample of 441 late-type stars in the Inner Galaxy (-4 degr < l < +30 degr). These stars were selected...
Observations of extragalactic masers in bright IRAS sources (2002)
Tarchi, A., Henkel, C., Peck, A. B., Moscadelli, L., Menten, K. M.
We report the first results of an ongoing survey at 22 GHz with the 100-m Effelsberg telescope to search for water maser emission in bright IRAS sources. We have detected water vapor emission in IC...
CH3OH and H2O masers in high-mass star-forming regions (2002)
Beuther, H., Walsh, A., Schilke, P., Sridharan, T. K., Menten, K. M., Wyrowski, F.
We present a comparison of ClassII CH3OH and H2O masers at high spatial resolution in a sample of 29 massive star-forming regions. Absolute positions of both maser types are compared with mm dust...
Tarchi, A., Henkel, C., Peck, A. B., Menten, K. M.
We report the detection of 22 GHz water vapor emission toward the starburst galaxy NGC2146, made using the Effelsberg 100-m telescope. Interferometric observations with the Very Large Array (VLA)...
Imaging low order CO emission from the z=4.12 QSO PSS 2322+1944 (2002)
Carilli, C., Cox, P., Bertoldi, F., Menten, K. M., Omont, A.
We present observations of CO 1-0 and CO 2-1 emission from the z = 4.12 QSO PSS 2322+1944 using the Very Large Array. The CO emission is extended on a spatial scale of 2''. This extension could...
IRAS 05358+3543: Multiple outflows at the earliest stages of massive star formation (2002)
Beuther, H., Schilke, P., Gueth, F., McCaughrean, M., Andersen, M., Sridharan, T. K., ...
We present a high-angular-resolution molecular line and millimeter continuum study of the massive star formation site IRAS 05358+3543. The most remarkable feature is a highly collimated (collimation...
Water maser emission in IC342 (2002)
Tarchi, A., Henkel, C., Peck, A. B., Menten, K. M.
The detection of 22 GHz water vapor emission from IC342 is reported, raising the detection rate among northern galaxies with 100 micron IRAS point source fluxes > 50 Jy to 16%. The maser, associated...
Imaging low order CO emission from the z=4.12 QSO PSS 2322+1944 (2002)
Carilli, C., Cox, P., Bertoldi, F., Menten, K. M., Omont, A.
We present observations of CO 1-0 and CO 2-1 emission from the z = 4.12 QSO PSS 2322+1944 using the Very Large Array. The CO emission is extended on a spatial scale of 2\'\'. This extension could...
86 GHz SiO maser survey of late-type stars in the Inner Galaxy. I. Observational data (2002)
Messineo, M., Habing, H. J., Sjouwerman, L. O., Omont, A., Menten, K. M.
We present 86 GHz (v = 1, J = 2 -1) SiO maser line observations with the IRAM 30-m telescope of a sample of 441 late-type stars in the Inner Galaxy (-4 degr < l < +30 degr). These stars were selected...
Imaging low order CO emission from the z=4.12 QSO PSS 2322+1944 (2002)
Carilli, C., Cox, P., Bertoldi, F., Menten, K. M., Omont, A.
We present observations of CO 1-0 and CO 2-1 emission from the z = 4.12 QSO PSS 2322+1944 using the Very Large Array. The CO emission is extended on a spatial scale of 2\'\'. This extension could...
86 GHz SiO maser survey of late-type stars in the Inner Galaxy. I. Observational data (2002)
Messineo, M., Habing, H. J., Sjouwerman, L. O., Omont, A., Menten, K. M.
We present 86 GHz (v = 1, J = 2 -1) SiO maser line observations with the IRAM 30-m telescope of a sample of 441 late-type stars in the Inner Galaxy (-4 degr < l < +30 degr). These stars were selected...
86 GHz SiO maser survey of late-type stars in the Inner Galaxy. I. Observational data (2002)
Messineo, M., Habing, H.J., Sjouwerman, L.O., Omont, A., Menten, K.M.
Altenhoff, W. J., Bertoldi, F., Menten, K. M., Sievers, A., Thum, C., Kreysa, E.
We observed radio continuum emission from Comet C/1999 S4 before, during, and after break-up of its nucleus. The detections before break-up indicate a photometric diameter of 4.7 km, from which we...
CH3OH and H2 masers in high-mass star-forming regions (2002)
Beuther, H., Walsh, A., Schilke, P., Sridharan, T. K., Menten, K. M., Wyrowski, F.
We present a comparison of Class II CH3OH (6.7 GHz) and H2O (22.2 GHz) masers at high spatial resolution in a sample of 29 massive star-forming regions. Absolute positions of both maser types are...
Argon, A. L., Reid, M. J., Menten, K. M.
Full-polarization spectral-line VLBA observations were made of the ground state, main-line, (2)Pi(3/2) J = 3/2 OH masers in two Galactic star-forming regions: the "el"/"e2" region of W51 and...
The dawn of galaxies : deep MAMBO imaging surveys (2002)
Bertoldi, F., Menten, K. M., Kreysa, E., Carilli, C. L., Owen, F.
We discuss results from sensitive, wide-field imaging of the millimeter extragalactic background using the Max-Planck Millimeter Bolometer array (MAMBO) at the IRAM 30 m telescope.
IRAS 05358+3543 : multiple outflows at the earliest stages of massive star formation (2002)
Beuther, H., Schilke, P., Gueth, F., McCaughrean, M., Andersen, M., Sridharan, T. K., ...
We present a high-angular-resolution molecular line and millimeter continuum study of the massive star formation site IRAS 05358+3543. Observations with the Plateau de Bure Interferometer in CO 1-0,...
High-mass protostellar candidates. II. Density structure from dust continuum and CS emission (2002)
Beuther, H., Schilke, P., Menten, K. M., Motte, F., Sridharan, T. K., Wyrowski, F.
We present a detailed 1.2 mm continuum and CS spectral line study of a large sample of 69 massive star forming regions in very early stages of evolution, most of them prior to building up an...
Massive molecular outflows (2002)
Beuther, H., Schilke, P., Sridharan, T. K., Menten, K. M., Walmsley, C. M., Wyrowski, F.
With the aim of understanding the role of massive outflows in high-mass star formation, we mapped in the (CO)-C-12 J = 2 - 1 transition 26 high-mass star-forming regions at very early stages of their...
Imaging low-order CO emission from the z = 4.12 quasi-stellar object PSS J2322+1944 (2002)
Carilli, C. L., Cox, P., Bertoldi, F., Menten, K. M., Omont, A., Djorgovski, S. G., ...
We present observations of CO (1-0) and CO (2-1) emission from the z = 4.12 quasi-stellar object (QSO) PSS J2322+1944 using the Very Large Array.(1) The CO emission is extended on a spatial scale of...
High-resolution imaging of molecular line emission from high- redshift QSOs (2002)
Carilli, C. L., Kohno, K., Kawabe, R., Ohta, K., Henkel, C., Menten, K. M., ...
We present moderate-(1") and high-resolution (0."2) observations of the CO (2-1) emission at 43 GHz and radio continuum emission at 1.47 GHz from the z = 4.7 QSO BRI 1202- 0725 and the z = 4.4 QSO...
Molecular QSO absorption line systems (2002)
We review observations of molecular absorption line systems at high redshift toward red quasars and gravitational lenses.
Zeeman splitting of OH masers and the galactic magnetic field (2002)
Fish, V. L., Reid, M. J., Argon, A. L., Menten, K. M.
Zeeman measurements of OH masers are used to probe the magnetic field around regions of massive star formation. Previous observations suggested that OH maser field directions were aligned in a...
GRB 010222 : a burst within a starburst (2002)
Frail, D. A., Bertoldi, F., Moriarty-Schieven, G. H., Berger, E., Price, P. A., Bloom, J. S., ...
We present millimeter- and submillimeter-wavelength observations and near-infrared K-band imaging toward the bright gamma-ray burst GRB 010222. Over seven different epochs, a constant source was...
Jets and outflows from massive protostars (2002)
Molecular outflows are found in most regions of massive star formation. However, evidence for highly collimated jets from massive protostars is still elusive. This paper briefly summarizes the...
86 GHz SiO maser survey of late-type stars in the Inner Galaxy - I. Observational data (2002)
Messineo, M., Habing, H. J., Sjouwerman, L. O., Omont, A., Menten, K. M.
We present 86 GHz (v = 1; J = 2 --> 1) SiO maser line observations with the IRAM 30-m telescope of a sample of 441 late-type stars in the Inner Galaxy ( -4degrees < 1 < +30degrees). These stars were...
Kinematics of the 12 GHz methanol masers toward W3(OH) (2002)
Moscadelli, L., Menten, K. M., Walmsley, C. M., Reid, M. J.
In this paper, two epochs (1994 February and 1998 December) of Very Long Baseline Array observations of the 12 GHz CH3OH masers toward the ultracompact (UC) H II region W3(OH) are compared. The 12...
A star in a 15.2-year orbit around the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way (2002)
Schödel, R., Ott, T., Genzel, R., Hofmann, R., Lehnert, M., Eckart, A., ...
Many galaxies are thought to have supermassive black holes at their centres(1)-more than a million times the mass of the Sun. Measurements of stellar velocities(2-7) and the discovery of variable...
High-mass protostellar candidates. I. The sample and initial results (2002)
Sridharan, T. K., Beuther, H., Schilke, P., Menten, K. M., Wyrowski, F.
We describe a systematic program aimed at identifying and characterizing candidate high-mass protostellar objects (HMPOs). Our candidate sample consists of 69 objects selected by criteria based on...
Tarchi, A., Henkel, C., Peck, A. B., Menten, K. M.
We report the detection of 22 GHz water vapor emission toward the starburst galaxy NGC 2146, made using the Effelsberg 100-m telescope. Interferometric observations with the Very Large Array (VLA)...
Water maser emission in IC 342 (2002)
Tarchi, A., Henkel, C., Peck, A. B., Menten, K. M.
The detection of 22 GHz water vapor emission from IC 342 is reported, raising the detection rate among northern galaxies with IRAS point source fluxes S-100mum > 50 Jy to 16%. The maser, associated...
Massive molecular outflows (2002)
Beuther, H., Schilke, P., Menten, K. M., Walmsley, C. M., Sridharan, T. K., Wyrowski, F.
Outflow 20-2000 AU from a high-mass protostar in W51-IRS 2 (2002)
Eisner, J. A., Greenhill, L. J., Herrnstein, J. R., Moran, J. M., Menten, K. M.
A star in a 15.2-year orbit around the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way (2002)
Schödel, R., Ott, T., Genzel, R., Hofmann, R., Lehnert, M., Eckart, A., ...
Many galaxies are thought to have supermassive black holes at their centres(1)-more than a million times the mass of the Sun. Measurements of stellar velocities(2-7) and the discovery of variable...
A flaring megamaser in Mrk 348 (2002)
Peck, A. B., Falcke, H., Henkel, C., Menten, K. M., Hagiwara, Y., Gallimore, J. F., ...
A star in a 15.2-year orbit around the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way (2002)
Schödel, R., Ott, T., Genzel, R., Hofmann, R., Lehnert, M., Eckart, A., ...
86 GHz SiO maser survey of late-type stars in the Inner Galaxy. I. Observational data (2002)
Messineo, M., Habing, H.J., Sjouwerman, L.O., Omont, A., Menten, K.M.
Massive molecular outflows (2001)
Beuther, H., Schilke, P., Sridharan, T. K., Menten, K. M., Walmsley, C. M., Wyrwoski, F.
We present a mapping study of massive molecular outflows in 26 high-mass star-forming regions at 11'' spatial resolution. Bipolar morpholgy is found in 80% of the sources and the collimation is...
Outflow 20--2000 AU from a High-Mass Protostar in W51-IRS2 (2001)
Eisner, J. A., Greenhill, L. J., Herrnstein, J. R., Moran, J. M., Menten, K. M.
We present the results of the first high angular resolution observations of SiO maser emission towards the star forming region W51-IRS2 made with the Very Large Array (VLA) and Very Long Baseline...
High-Mass Proto-Stellar Candidates - I : The Sample and Initial Results (2001)
Sridharan, T. K., Beuther, H., Schilke, P., Menten, K. M., Wyrowski, F.
We describe a systematic program aimed at identifying and characterizing candidate high-mass proto-stellar objects (HMPOs). Our candidate sample consists of 69 objects selected by criteria based on...
Beuther, H., Schilke, P., Menten, K. M., Motte, F., Sridharan, T. K., Wyrowski, F.
We present a detailed 1.2 mm continuum and CS spectral line study of a large sample of 69 massive star forming regions in very early stages of evolution, most of them prior to building up an...
Massive molecular outflows (2001)
Beuther, H., Schilke, P., Menten, K. M., Walmsley, C. M., Sridharan, T. K., Wyrowski, F.
Well established correlations of low-mass flows show a continuity in the high-mass regime, and mean accretion rates for L>1000 Lsun are dM/dt~10^(-4) Msun/yr. We also present a tight correlation...
GRB 010222: A Burst Within a Starburst (2001)
Frail, D. A., Bertoldi, F., Moriarty-Schieven, G. H., Berger, E., Price, P. A., Bloom, J. S., ...
We present millimeter and submillimeter wavelength observations and near-infrared K-band imaging toward the bright gamma-ray burst GRB 010222. Over seven epochs the flux density of the source was...
VLBA Observations and Effelsberg Monitoring of a Flaring Water Maser in Mrk 348 (2001)
Peck, A. B., Falcke, H., Henkel, C., Menten, K. M.
We report on single-dish monitoring as well as extremely high angular resolution observations of the flaring H2O maser in the Seyfert 2 galaxy Mrk 348. The H2O line is redshifted by ~130 km/s with...
A Flaring Megamaser in Mrk 348 (2001)
Peck, A. B., Falcke, H., Henkel, C., Menten, K. M., Hagiwara, Y., Gallimore, J. F., ...
We report new observations of the H2O megamaser in the Seyfert 2 galaxy Mrk 348. Following our initial detection in 2000 March using the Effelsberg 100 m telescope, re-analysis of previous data on...
A 250 GHz Survey of High Redshift QSOs from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2001)
Carilli, C. L., Bertoldi, F., Rupen, M., Fan, Xiaohui, Strauss, Michael A., Menten, K. M., ...
We present observations at 250 GHz (1.2 mm), 43 GHz, and 1.4 GHz of a sample of 41 QSOs at z > 3.7 found in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We detect 16 sources with a 250 GHz flux density greater than...
VLBA Observations and Effelsberg Monitoring of a Flaring Water Maser in Mrk 348 (2001)
A. B. Peck, H. Falcke, C. Henkel, K. M. Menten
We report on single-dish monitoring as well as extremely high angular resolution observations of the aring H 2 O maser in the Seyfert 2 galaxy Mrk 348. The H 2 O line is redshifted by 130 km s with...
Size determination of the Centaur Chariklo from millimeter-wavelength bolometer observations (2000)
Altenhoff, W. J., Menten, K. M., Bertoldi, F.
Using the Max-Planck Millimeter Bolometer Array (MAMBO) at the IRAM 30m telescope we detected emission at 250 GHz from the Centaur Chariklo (1997 CU26). The observed continuum flux density implies a...
The Dawn of Galaxies: Deep MAMBO Imaging Surveys (2000)
Bertoldi, F., Menten, K. M., Kreysa, E., Carilli, C. L., Owen, F.
We discuss results from sensitive, wide-field imaging of the millimeter extragalactic background using the Max-Planck Millimeter Bolometer array (MAMBO) at the IRAM 30m telescope.
Carilli, C. L., Menten, K. M., Stocke, J. T., Perlman, E., Vermeulen, R., Briggs, F., ...
We present measurements of absorption by the 21cm hyperfine transition of neutral hydrogen toward radio sources at substantial look-back times. These data are used in combination with observations of...
Molecular QSO Absorption Line Systems (2000)
We review observations of molecular absorption line systems at high redshift toward red quasars and gravitational lenses.
Parsec-Scale Imaging of HI Absorption in 1946+708 (2000)
Peck, A. B., Taylor, G. B., Menten, K. M.
In the last several years, a number of compact extragalactic radio sources have been found to exhibit neutral hydrogen absorption at or near the systemic velocities of their host galaxies. Models...
Wide Field Imaging at 250 GHz (2000)
Carilli, C. L., Bertoldi, F., Bertarini, A., Menten, K. M., Kreysa, E., Zylka, R., ...
We summarize results from sensitive, wide-field imaging at 250 GHz using the Max-Planck Bolometer Array at the IRAM 30m telescope, including source counts, clustering, and redshift distribution.
Carilli, C. L., Miley, G. K., Rottgering, H., Kurk, J., Pentericci, L., Harris, D. E., ...
We summarize observations of the properties of powerful radio galaxies and their environments from z = 0 to 5. These data show that some high redshift radio galaxies inhabit regions of gas and galaxy...
Galama, T. J., Bremer, M., Bertoldi, F., Menten, K. M., Lisenfeld, U., Shepherd, D. S., ...
The millimeter wavelength emission from GRB 991208 is the second brightest ever detected, yielding a unique data set. We present here well-sampled spectra and light curves over more than two decades...
Three high-redshift millimeter sources and their radio and near-infrared identifications (2000)
Bertoldi, F., Carilli, C. L., Menten, K. M., Owen, F., Dey, A., Gueth, F., ...
We present millimeter wavelength detections of three faint sources that are most likely high-redshift starburst galaxies. For one of the sources, which was previously discovered with SCUBA at 850 mu...
Dust Emission from High Redshift QSOs (2000)
Carilli, C. L., Bertoldi, F., Menten, K. M., Rupen, M. P., Kreysa, E., Fan, Xiaohui, ...
We present detections of emission at 250 GHz (1.2 mm) from two high redshift QSOs from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey sample using the bolometer array at the IRAM 30m telescope. The sources are SDSSp...
Polarisation Observations of Gravitational Lenses (1999)
Patnaik, A. R., Menten, K. M., Porcas, R. W., Kemball, A. J.
We present multi-frequency VLA polarisation observations of nine gravitational lenses. The aim of these observations was to determine Faraday rotation measures (RM) for the individual lensed images,...
Studying High Redshift Star Forming Galaxies at Centimeter and Millimeter Wavelengths (1999)
Carilli, C. L., Menten, K. M., Yun, M. S., Bertoldi, F., Owen, F., Dey, A.
We discuss various aspects of centimeter and millimeter wavelength continuum and line observations of high redshift star forming galaxies. Perhaps the most important lesson is that sensitive...
Proposed identification of Hubble Deep Field submillimeter source HDF 850.1 (1999)
Downes, D., Neri, R., Greve, A., Guilloteau, S., Casoli, F., Hughes, D., ...
The IRAM interferometer has been used to detect the submm source HDF 850.1 found by Hughes et al. (1998) in the Hubble Deep Field. The flux density measured at 1.3mm is 2.2 mJy, in agreement with the...
Imaging the z=0.9 Absorbing Cloud toward 1830-211 (1998)
Carilli, C. L., Menten, K. M., Reid, M. J., Rupen, M., Claussen, M.
We present spectroscopic imaging observations of the molecular and HI 21cm absorbing cloud at z = 0.885 toward the `Einstein ring' radio source PKS 1830-211. We derive a cloud size between 10 h^{-1}...
Redshifted Neutral Hydrogen 21cm Absorption toward Red Quasars (1997)
Carilli, C. L., Menten, K. M., Reid, M. J., Rupen, M. P., Yun, M. S.
We have searched for redshifted neutral hydrogen 21cm absorption toward sources from the Stickel et al. `red quasar' sub-sample. Five of these red quasars have been searched for redshifted HI 21cm...
Gerin, M., Phillips, T. G., Benford, D. J., Young, K. H., Menten, K. M., Frye, B.
We have detected the J=4-3 rotational transition of 12CO in absorption at z=0.89 towards the quasar PKS1830-211, but not the 12CO 5-4 or the 3P1-3P0 fine structure line of neutral carbon. The...