22GHz water maser survey of Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory

TL;DR

This paper outlines a planned survey of water masers in the northern Galactic plane using the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory's 25m radio telescope, aiming to identify high-mass star-forming regions and study gas kinematics near protostars.

Contribution

It introduces a new blind survey approach targeting water masers in the northern Galactic plane with the Xinjiang Observatory's telescope.

Findings

Identification of water maser sources in the survey

Potential insights into high-mass star formation regions

Preparation for high-resolution follow-up observations

Abstract

Water masers are good tracers of high-mass star-forming regions. Water maser VLBI observations provide a good probe to study high-mass star formation and the galactic structure. We plan to make a blind survey toward the northern Galactic plane in future years using 25m radio telescope of Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory. We will select some water maser sources discovered in the survey and make high resolution observations and study the gas kinematics close to the high-mass protostar.