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The Extensive Database of Astrophysical Maser Sources (eDAMS): the First Release on Circumstellar Maser Sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 July 2018

J. Nakashima ,
D. Engels ,
C.-H. Hsia ,
H. Imai ,
D. A. Ladeyschikov ,
A. M. Sobolev ,
B. H. K. Yung  and
Y. Zhang
J. Nakashima
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy and Geodesy, Ural Federal University, Lenin Avenue 51, 620000, Ekaterinburg, Russia email: [email protected]
D. Engels
Affiliation:
Hamburger Sternwarte, Gojenbergsweg 112, D-21029 Hamburg, Germany
C.-H. Hsia
Affiliation:
Space Science Institute, Macau University of Science and Technology, Avenida Wai Long, Taipa, Macau, China
H. Imai
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-35 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
D. A. Ladeyschikov
Affiliation:
Astronomical Observatory, Ural Federal University, Lenin Avenue 51, 620000, Ekaterinburg, Russia
A. M. Sobolev
Affiliation:
Astronomical Observatory, Ural Federal University, Lenin Avenue 51, 620000, Ekaterinburg, Russia
B. H. K. Yung
Affiliation:
N. Copernicus Astronomical Center, Rabiańska 8, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
Y. Zhang
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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Abstract

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We introduce the newly developed database of circumstellar maser sources. Until now, the compilations comprehensively including the three major maser species in evolved stars (i.e., SiO, H2O, OH) has been practically limited only to the Benson’s catalog (Benson et al. 1990), which was published more than a quarter of a century ago. For OH masers alone, there exists the University of Hamburg (UH) database, but there is no updated compilation work for H2O and SiO masers. In order to utilize the information of masers in actual studies, it is highly desirable to have a database containing all the three masers. We are currently constructing a database covering SiO, H2O and OH masers. This database consists of a web-service, which accesses compiled maser observations in available archives and combines them with the data we newly collected and IR databases. The archives currently used are the OH maser archive from Engels & Bunzel (2015), and H2O and SiO archives, which are currently under construction. So far, the information of about 27,000 observations (about 10,000 objects) has been implemented. We also have a plan to extend the database by including higher transitions and other types of objects, such as young stellar objects, in future. In this paper, we briefly summarize, (1) outline of the data collected, and (2) future development plans of the eDAMS system. The URL of the database is as follows: http://maserdb.ins.urfu.ru/

Keywords

masersastronomical data bases: miscellaneouscatalogsstars: AGB and post-AGBstars: late-type
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 13 , Symposium S336: Astrophysical Masers: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe , September 2017 , pp. 395 - 396
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2018 

References

Benson, P. J., et al., 1990, ApJS, 74, 911Google Scholar
Engels, D. & Bunzel, F., 2015, A&A, 582, A68Google Scholar