A 499-maser VLA census of Sagittarius B2 classifies water masers into outflow, young star, and HII region populations, and finds outflow masers stay within 2000 au of their driving source.
Diagnostics of a Nuclear Starburst: Water and Methanol Masers
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We test models of starburst driven outflows using observations of the 22.2 GHz H$_2$O and 36.2 GHz class I CH$_3$OH maser lines. We have observed the starburst galaxy NGC 253 using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array. We present evidence for entrainment of star-forming dense-molecular gas in the outflow of NGC 253. We also show that H$_2$O masers are associated with forming super star clusters and not with supernova remnants. We detect four new 36 GHz CH$_3$OH masers in the central kpc and show possible evidence for a star-formation origin of two class I CH$_3$OH masers. Such high resolution observations are essential for understanding the origin of these masers.
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Properties of $\mathrm{H_2O}$ masers and their associated sources in Sagittarius B2
A 499-maser VLA census of Sagittarius B2 classifies water masers into outflow, young star, and HII region populations, and finds outflow masers stay within 2000 au of their driving source.