Multi-transition VLBA observations of circumstellar SiO masers
Abstract
On this paper, we present simultaneous VLBA observations of the J=1-0 and J=2-1 rotational lines in the v=1 and v=2 vibrationally excited states of SiO (at 7 and 3 mm wavelengths). We have mapped these four maser lines in the circumstellar envelopes of three AGB stars: IRC +10011, Chi Cyg and TX Cam. We study the relative spatial distribution between these maser lines. In particular, for the two v=1 transitions, we found that the J=1-0 and J=2-1 maser spot distributions are unalike, challenging all the current theoretical pumping mechanisms for SiO masers (which predict quite similar distribution for maser lines in the same vibrational excited state).
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0401616,
title = {Multi-transition VLBA observations of circumstellar SiO masers},
author = {R. Soria-Ruiz and F. Colomer and J. Alcolea and J. F. Desmurs and V. Bujarrabal and K. B. Marvel and P. J. Diamond and D. Boboltz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0401616},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
5 page, 6 figures. To be published in "Future Directions in High Resolution Astronomy", ASP Conference Series