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HMYSOs gain most of their mass in short bursts of accretion. Maser emission is an invaluable tool in discovering and probing accretion bursts. We observed the 22 GHz water maser response induced by the accretion burst in NGC6334I-MM1B and…

We use far-UV absorption spectra obtained with FUSE towards three late B stars to study the formation and excitation of H2 in the diffuse ISM. The data interpretation relies on a model of the chemical and thermal balance in…

We present a survey of 56 massive star-forming regions in the 44 GHz methanol maser transition made with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA); 24 of the 56 fields showed maser emission. The data allow us to demonstrate associations, at…

The collisional pumping of H_2^{16}O and H_2^{18}O masers in hot dense gas-dust clouds has been simulated numerically. New data on the rate coefficients for collisional transitions from Faure et al. (2007) were used in the calculations. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-07-19 Aleksandr Nesterenok , Dmitry Varshalovich

We carried out observations of the 22 GHz H2O masers in a high-mass protostar S255 NIRS 3 by using VERA. We measured the proper motions of the 22 GHz H2O masers associated with a bipolar outflow. The expansion velocity of the blueshifted…

The present paper focuses on the high-mass star-forming region G23.01-0.41. Methods: Using the VLBA and the EVN arrays, we conducted phase-referenced observations of the three most powerful maser species in G23.01-0.41: H2O at 22.2 GHz (4…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 A. Sanna , L. Moscadelli , R. Cesaroni , A. Tarchi , R. S. Furuya , C. Goddi

Cosmic-ray and X-ray ionisations in molecular gas produce a weak far-ultraviolet flux through the radiative decay of H2 molecules that have been excited by collisions with energetic electrons (the Prasad-Tarafdar mechanism). I consider the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Mark Wardle

As the recent publication by Breen et al (2013) found Class II methanol masers are exclusively associated with high mass star forming regions. Based on the positions of the Class I and II methanol and H$_{2}$O masers, UC H II regions and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-19 Hontas Farmer

The mass of molecular gas in an interstellar cloud is often measured using line emission from low rotational levels of CO, which are sensitive to the CO mass, and then scaling to the assumed molecular hydrogen H_2 mass. However, a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 Mark G. Wolfire , David Hollenbach , Christopher F. McKee

The complete near infrared (0.9-2.5 micron) spectra in three different star forming regions (HH24-26, HH72 and BHR71) are presented and analyzed in the framework of shock excitation models. The spectra are dominated by H_2 rovibrational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. Giannini , C. McCoey , A. Caratti o Garatti , B. Nisini , D. Lorenzetti , D. R. Flower

Data for a number of OH maser lines have been collected from surveys. The posi- tions are compared to recent mid-infrared (MIR) surveys such as Spitzer-GLIMPSE and WISE, restricting the comparison to point sources. The colors and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-04-21 Haihua Qiao , Juan Li , Zhiqiang Shen , Xi Chen , Xingwu Zheng

Using the Very Large Array, we have detected weak OH maser emission near the Turner-Welch protostellar source in the W3 OH region. Unlike typical interstellar OH masers, which are associated with ultra-compact HII regions, our measured…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. L. Argon , M. J. Reid , K. M. Menten

(Abridged) We study the response of the gas to energetic processes associated with high-mass star formation and compare it with studies on low- and intermediate-mass young stellar objects (YSOs) using the same methods. The far-IR line…

The changes in the spectral line profile of the 22GHz H2O maser are calculated as a function of emerging maser flux. We address not only the narrowing and re-broadening of the maser lines, but also the deviations of Gaussian symmetry as a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 W. H. T. Vlemmings , H. J. van Langevelde

We present MERLIN observations of OH, water and methanol masers towards the young high mass stellar object IRAS 20126+4104. Emission from the 1665-MHz OH, 22-GHz H_2O and 6.7-GHz CH_3OH masers is detected and all originates very close to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-07-05 K. A. Edris , G. A. Fuller , R. J. Cohen , S. Etoka

We present the results of GBT observations of all four ground-state hydroxyl (OH) transitions toward 15 supernova remnants (SNRs) which show OH(1720 MHz) maser emission. This species of maser is well established as an excellent tracer of an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. W. Hewitt , F. Yusef-Zadeh , M. Wardle

We report simultaneous single-dish surveys of 22 GHz H2O and 44 and 95 GHz class I CH3OH masers toward 299 Red MSX Sources in the protostellar stage. The detection rates are 45% at 22 GHz, 28% at 44 GHz, and 23% at 95 GHz. There are 15, 53,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-23 Chang-Hee Kim , Kee-Tae Kim , Yong-Sun Park

Four Class I maser sources were detected at 44, 84, and 95 GHz toward chemically rich outflows in the regions of low-mass star formation NGC 1333I4A, NGC 1333I2A, HH25, and L1157. One more maser was found at 36 GHz toward a similar outflow,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 S. V. Kalenskii , V. I. Slysh , L. E. B. Johansson , P. Bergman , S. Kurtz , P. Hofner , C. M. Walmsley

Methanol masers at 6.7 GHz are known to be tracers of high-mass star formation in our Galaxy. In this paper, we study the large scale physical conditions in the star forming clumps/cores associated with 6.7 GHz methanol masers using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 J. D. Pandian , F. Wyrowski , K. M. Menten

Ultra-luminous infrared galaxies are among the most luminous objects in the local universe and are thought to be powered by intense star formation. It has been shown that in these objects the rotational spectral lines of molecular hydrogen…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Nadia L. Zakamska