THE AUSTRALIA TELESCOPE COMPACT ARRAY H I SURVEY OF THE GALACTIC CENTER
- Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Marsfield, NSW 2122 (Australia)
- School of Physics and Mathematics, University of Tasmania, TAS 7001 (Australia)
- Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006 (Australia)
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University, Nijmegen, 6500 GL Nijmegen (Netherlands)
We present a survey of atomic hydrogen (H I) emission in the direction of the Galactic Center (GC) conducted with the CSIRO Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). The survey covers the area -5 Degree-Sign {<=} l {<=} +5 Degree-Sign , -5 Degree-Sign {<=} b {<=} +5 Degree-Sign over the velocity range -309 km s{sup -1} {<=} v{sub LSR} {<=} 349 km s{sup -1} with a velocity resolution of 1 km s{sup -1}. The ATCA data are supplemented with data from the Parkes Radio Telescope for sensitivity to all angular scales larger than the 145'' angular resolution of the survey. The mean rms brightness temperature across the field is 0.7 K, except near (l, b) = 0 Degree-Sign , 0 Degree-Sign where it increases to {approx}2 K. This survey complements the Southern Galactic Plane Survey to complete the continuous coverage of the inner Galactic plane in H I at {approx}2' resolution. Here, we describe the observations and analysis of this GC survey and present the final data product. Features such as Bania's Clump 2, the far 3 kpc arm, and small high-velocity clumps are briefly described.
- OSTI ID:
- 22047960
- Journal Information:
- Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, Vol. 199, Issue 1; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0067-0049
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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