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Measuring interstellar magnetic fields is extremely important for understanding their role in different evolutionary stages of interstellar clouds and of star formation. However, detecting the weak field is observationally challenging. We present measurements of the Zeeman effect in the 1665 and 1667~MHz (18~cm) lines of the hydroxyl radical (OH) lines toward the dense photodissociation region (PDR) associated with the compact H{\sc ii} region DR~21~(Main). From the OH 18~cm absorption, observed with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, we find that the line of sight magnetic field in this region is $\sim 0.13$~mG. The same transitions in maser emission toward the neighboring DR~21(OH) and W~75S-FR1 regions also exhibit the Zeeman splitting. Along with the OH data, we use [C{\sc ii}] 158 $\mu$m line and hydrogen radio recombination line data to constrain the physical conditions and the kinematics of the region. We find the OH column density to be $\sim 3.6\times10^{16}(T_{\rm ex}/25~{\rm K})~{\rm cm}^{-2}$, and that the 1665 and 1667 MHz absorption lines are originating from the gas where OH and C$^+$ are co-existing in the PDR. Under reasonable assumptions, we find the measured ma

Author

Koley, Atanu; Roy, Nirupam; Menten, Karl M.; Jacob, Arshia M.; Pillai, Thushara G. S.; Rugel, Michael R.

Published

2020

Language

EN