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Properties of OH Megamaser Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Rafik Kandalyan
Rafik Kandalyan*
Affiliation:
378433 Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, Armenia e-mail: [email protected]@ipia.sci.am

Abstract

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An analysis of a sample of OH megamaser galaxies is presented. It is shown that the dependence of OH luminosity on FIR (far infrared) luminosity is not quadratic, as previously assumed, but closer to linear. Using a luminosity function of the luminous infrared galaxies, as well as linear relationship between OH and FIR luminosities the expected number of OH megamaser galaxies has been estimated. Spectral energy distributions (SED) of 16 megamaser galaxies have been constructed using multiwavelength (from radio to X-ray) data. The SED of megamasers look closely similar from radio to X-ray. It is shown that the maser amplification coefficient depends both on the OH main line to 60 micron ratio and the main line to 2.2 micron ratio. The OH main lines ratio (f1667/f1665) decreases, while the flux density at 10 micron is increasing.

Type
II. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 11 , Issue 2: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIIIrd General Assembly of the IAU (Part B), 1997 , 1998 , pp. 949 - 951
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998

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