2024A&A...689A..81K -
Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 689A81 (2024/9-1)
A global view on star formation: The GLOSTAR Galactic plane survey X. Galactic H II region catalog using radio recombination lines.
KHAN S., RUGEL M.R., BRUNTHALER A., MENTEN K.M., WYROWSKI F., URQUHART J.S., GONG Y., YANG A.Y., NGUYEN H., DOKARA R., DZIB S.A., MEDINA S.-N.X., ORTIZ-LEON G.N., PANDIAN J.D., BEUTHER H., VEENA V.S., NEUPANE S., CHEEMA A., REICH W. and ROY N.
Abstract (from CDS):
Studies of Galactic H II regions are of crucial importance for studying star formation and the evolution of the interstellar medium. Gaining an insight into their physical characteristics contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of these phenomena. The GLOSTAR project aims to provide a GLObal view on STAR formation in the Milky Way by performing an unbiased and sensitive survey. This is achieved by using the extremely wideband (4-8 GHz) C-band receiver of the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array and the Effelsberg 100 m telescope. Using radio recombination lines observed in the GLOSTAR survey with the VLA in D-configuration with a typical line sensitivity of 1 σ ∼ 3.0 mJy beam–1 at ∼5 km s–1 and an angular resolution of 25″, we cataloged 244 individual Galactic H II regions (-2° ≤ ℓ ≤ 60° and |b| ≤ 1°, and 76° ≤ ℓ ≤ 83° and -1° ≤ b ≤ 2°) and derived their physical properties. We examined the mid-infrared (MIR) morphology of these H II regions and find that a significant portion of them exhibit a bubble-like morphology in the GLIMPSE 8 μm emission. We also searched for associations with the dust continuum and sources of methanol maser emission, other tracers of young stellar objects, and find that 48% and 14% of our H II regions, respectively, are coextensive with those. We measured the electron temperature for a large sample of H II regions within Galactocentric distances spanning from 1.6 to 13.1 kpc and derived the Galactic electron temperature gradient as ∼372 ± 28 K kpc–1 with an intercept of 4248 ± 161 K, which is consistent with previous studies.
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© The Authors 2024
Journal keyword(s):
instrumentation: interferometers - catalogs - surveys - stars: formation - H II regions
VizieR on-line data:
<Available at CDS (J/A+A/689/A81): tablec1.dat tablec2.dat>
Nomenclature:
Tables C.1-C.3: GLOSTAR GLLL.lll+BB.bbb N=244.
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