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Title:
Green Bank Telescope Multiwavelength Survey of the Galactic Center Region
Authors:
Law, C. J.; Yusef-Zadeh, F.; Cotton, W. D.; Maddalena, R. J.
Affiliation:
AA(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208.; Astronomical Institute ``Anton Pannekoek,'' University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 403, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, Netherlands.), AB(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208.), AC(National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903.), AD(National Radio Astronomy Observatory, P.O. Box 2, Route 28/92, Green Bank, WV 24944.)
Publication:
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Volume 177, Issue 1, pp. 255-274. (ApJS Homepage)
Publication Date:
07/2008
Origin:
UCP
ApJ Keywords:
Galaxy: Center, Radio Continuum: General, Surveys
DOI:
10.1086/533587
Bibliographic Code:
2008ApJS..177..255L

Abstract

We describe the results of a radio continuum survey of the central 4deg×1deg with the 100 m Green Bank Telescope (GBT) at wavelengths of 3.5, 6, 20, and 90 cm. The 3.5 and 6 cm surveys are the most sensitive and highest resolution single-dish surveys made of the central degrees of our Galaxy. We present catalogs of compact and extended sources in the central 4° of our Galaxy, including detailed spectral index studies of all sources. The analysis covers star-forming regions such as Sgr B and Sgr C, where we find evidence of a mixture of thermal and nonthermal emission. The analysis quantifies the relative contribution of thermal and nonthermal processes to the radio continuum flux density toward the Galactic center (GC) region. In the central 4deg×1deg of the GC, the thermal and nonthermal flux fractions for all compact and diffuse sources are 28%/72% at 3.5 cm and 19%/81% at 6 cm. The total flux densities from these sources are 783+/-52 and 1063+/-93 Jy at 3.5 and 6 cm, respectively, excluding the contribution of Galactic synchrotron emission.

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