GBT Multiwavelength Survey of the Galactic Center Region

C. J. Law(1,2), F. Yusef-Zadeh(1), W. D. Cotton(3), and R. J. Maddalena(4)


(1) Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheriadan Road, Evanston, 60208 IL, USA
(2) Astronomical Institute ``Anton Pannekoek'', University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 403, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, Netherlands
(3) National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
(4) National Radio Astronomy Observatory, P.O. Box 2, Rt. 28/92, Green Bank, WV 24944, USA

Paper: ApJS, July 2008 , in press

EPrint Server: 0801.4294


Abstract:

We describe the results of a radio continuum survey of the central 4\sdeg*1\sdeg 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 four degrees 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 GC region.  In the central 4\sdeg*1\sdeg 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 Jy and 1063+/-93 Jy at 3.5 and 6 cm, respectively, excluding the contribution of Galactic synchrotron emission.


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