SWAG Setup

SWAG aims to map the inner ~3x0.7 degrees of our Milky Way and to capture most of the molecular emission in the Central Molecular Zone. This will be achieved by ~6500 individual pointings with the Australia Telescope Compact Array with integration times of ~4min per pointing.

The frequency ranges are: 21,200 - 23,200 MHz & 23,600 - 25,600 MHz

and we set up high spectral resolution "zoom" modes to cover the following 42 spectral lines:

NH3 (1,1), (2,2), (3,3), (4,4), (5,5), (6,6), (2,1), (3,2), (4,3),

H64a, H66a, H80b,

He66a He67a,

C64a, C66a,

H2O (6(16)-5(23))

CH3OH(3(21)-2(13)), (3(21)-3(12))

HCN(10-10;v=2)

OH (J=9/2;F=5-5),

HNCO(1(01)-0(00)),

NH2CHO(1(01) − 0(00)),

c-C3H2(2(20)-2(11)),

HOCO+(1(01)-0(00)),

CCS(1(2)-0(1)), (N=6-5, J=5-5),

OCS(2-1),

HC5N(8-7),

trans-ethanol (2(21)-3(12)),

HC5N(9-8),

CH3C3N(6(k)-5(k)),

CH3CH2CN(3(12)-3(03)), (5(05)-4(14)),

HCOOH,

HDO,

CH3OCHO(2(12)-1(11)), (2(02)-1(01))

DC3N,

NaCN,

C3H+,

SO2,

C6H–(8-7)