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Search for Bright Masers in the Water Vapor Line towards the Dust Clumps of the Galaxy.
- Source :
- Astronomy Reports; Apr2022, Vol. 66 Issue 4, p278-295, 18p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- The paper is devoted to the analysis of the observation results with the single-mirror radio telescope RT-22 (PRAO, LPI) in the water vapor maser line at 22 GHz in the direction of dust clumps from the ATLASGAL and Bolocam large-scale blind surveys in the millimeter continuum. The aim of this paper is to search for masers in the water vapor line in previously unexplored sources and to study the variability of known masers. Observations of 140 sources resulted in the detection of maser emission at 22 GHz in six sources, and in four sources (ATLASGAL 016.987+00.981, 017.216+00.821, 018.701–00.229, and Bolocam 081.174–00.100) masers were detected for the first time. In two sources (ATLASGAL 034.195–0.592 and Bolocam 081.174–0.1), the water vapor line masers showed significant variability during the 8-month observation and follow-up program. Comparison of RT-22 observational data with archival data from the GBT‑100 telescope (US National Radio Astronomy Observatory) showed that 9 out of 140 sources show a significant change in the radiation flux density of masers: two sources changed from the category of masers with low brightness ( Jy) to the category bright (more than 10 Jy), and in seven relatively bright earlier (more than 3 Jy) masers, no radiation was detected. Significant changes in the characteristics of the maser emission may indicate changes in the environmental conditions in which the maser emission was produced, which is of interest for further study of maser-related processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MASERS
WATER vapor
RADIO telescopes
DUST
ACTINIC flux
RADIO astronomy
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10637729
- Volume :
- 66
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Astronomy Reports
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 157024726
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063772922040047