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Detection of new sources of 4765-MHz OH masing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Richard G. Dodson  and
Simon P. Ellingsen
Richard G. Dodson
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-21, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
Simon P. Ellingsen
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-21, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia

Abstract

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We have used the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) to make a sensitive search for maser emission from the 4765-MHz transition of OH towards a sample of 55 star formation regions. Maser emission with peak flux densities in excess of 100 mJy were detected in 14 sites, with 10 of these being new discoveries. Unlike the ground-state OH transitions the 4765-MHz transition is not predicted to be circularly polarised and none of the masers observed have detectable levels of linear, or circular polarisation. Combining our results with those of previous high resolution observations of other OH transitions we are able to investigate various theoretical models for the pumping of OH masers.

Type
Part 1. Star Formation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 206: Cosmic Masers: From Protostars to Blackholes , 2002 , pp. 112 - 115
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002 

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