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n3 Poster - Rhit
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R.A. Dunnagan
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D.A. Ludovici , K.M. Colledge
N.O. Butterfield2, C.C. Lang3, A.G. Ginsburg2, R.L. Mutel3, M.R. Morris4, N. Jones3, D. Pare3
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RHIT, 2NRAO,3U-Iowa,4UCLA
Above: We have a spectral line profile for the HC3N maser detection. Throughout the
Above: An elliptical region profile shows the absorption line of methanol (CH 3OH) data cube this detection lasts for about 4 km/s before fading away completely. The
Above: Very Large Array radio interferometer arrangement. Photo Credit: NRAO
versus the absorption line of H2CO. While the methanol absorption line is only in one emission line becomes strongest around 7km/s in the J=1-0 F=2-1 transition. In the
part of the cloud (which ranges from –30km/s to 30km/s), the H2CO line spans a great other hyperfine transitions, there was not enough information to claim a detection of
portion of the cloud’s known size, proving that N3 lies somewhere behind the cloud. the 1-1 and 0-1 hyperfine transitions.
Observing N3
Over the course of about a month and a half, we used the VLA to Variability in N3
gather a total of an hour and a half of on-source observation time in
Variability studies are currently ongoing. A rough first look at the data shows variability in N3 of around 15% through our
twelve minute increments to study the variability of the source. We
observations and the variability in our calibrator sources of around 3%. This is indicative of potential variability in N3 over
also included nine potential spectral line frequency windows in our
the timescale of our observations. However, the variability plots from this initial analysis of the data shows the calibrator
continuum observation that were higher resolution to detect any
sources and N3 following similar patterns in variance. This calls into question the variability of N3, and further, more
absorption or emission lines along the line of sight or nearby to N3.
detailed analysis is required to conclusively state the variability of N3 on short time scales.
In D. A. Ludovici et al 2016 ApJ 826 218, Ludovici rules out
numerous explanations of N3, leaving two distinct possibilities: a
micro-blazar and an Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). Short term
Top Right: An initial plot of the rough
variability in the intensity of the source would indicate a strong variability measurements of N3 over
chance that N3 is a micro-blazar in the galactic center. the observing period. It is noted that
N3 experienced a significant change in
Radio Arc flux between observations 2 and 3.
Right: MeerKAT Sgr A*
Region
Future work includes finishing the variability studies to conclusively identify the variability time scale of N3 as well as potential further observations of the compact molecular cloud along the
line of sight to N3.
References:
Wenli et al. “Rotational excitation of HC3N by H2 and He at low temperatures” 2006
Hunt et al. “High-resolution observations of the J=1-0 transition of cyanoacetylene in Sgr B2” 1999
Ludovici et al. “The Unusual Galactic Center Radio Source N3” 2016