OH masers and the nature of massive star-forming regions

Malcolm D. Gray, Kevin N. Jones, David Field

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    Abstract

    We briefly review some of the observational characteristics of intense OH masers in massive star-forming regions, and discuss the physical characteristics of the zone in which masers form. We describe a detailed model of the maser zone and outline its predictions for the physical conditions of number density, temperature and bulk motions for 1665, 1667, 1720, 1612, 6035 and 4765 MHz masers. We find, for example, that intense 1665 MHz spots are indicative of cold (
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2231-2237
    Number of pages6
    JournalJournal of the Chemical Society - Faraday Transactions
    Volume89
    Issue number13
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1993

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