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Table 7

Summary of the star formation activity in the clouds.

Cloud Methanol masers Radio continuum & spectral type Main reference SF/ (10-3M yr-1)

Sgr C 2 one source Forster & Caswell (2000) 0.8
20 km s-1 0 1 × O9 Lu et al. (2015) 0.8–3.1
50 km s-1 0 1 × O7, 2 × O8.5, 1 × O9 Mills et al. (2011) 3.2
G0.253+0.016 0 none Immer et al. (2012a) <0.8
Dust Ridge C 1 none Immer et al. (2012a) ~0.9
Dust Ridge D 0 none Immer et al. (2012a) <0.8
Sgr B1–off 1 none Mehringer et al. (1993) ~0.9
Sgr B2 11 20 × B0, 20 × O9.5 to O7, Gaume et al. (1995) 36
9 × O6.5 to O5
Sgr D 0 1 × O7 Liszt (1992) 0.8

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