There is an approximately 60% detection rate for 1612 MHz masers in association with red, color-selected IRAS sources, though few are detected from the bluer circumstellar shells of Mira variables. On the other hand and complementarily, past, pre-IRAS 22 GHz surveys detected many water masers in association with Mira variables. This paper reports on a 22 GHz survey of blue, color-selected Miras at Haystack, wherein 18 new detections are found from 238 searched objects.
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9706207,
title = {A renewed search for water maser emission from Mira variables},
author = {B. M. Lewis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9706207},
year = {2009}
}
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submitted to Astronomical J., 18 pages, 3 figs, 2 tables