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Influence of dust parameters on class II methanol maser pumping

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Andrei B. Ostrovskii  and
Andrej M. Sobolev
Andrei B. Ostrovskii
Affiliation:
Ural State University, Lenin str. 51, 620083 Ekaterinburg, Russia
Andrej M. Sobolev
Affiliation:
Ural State University, Lenin str. 51, 620083 Ekaterinburg, Russia

Abstract

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Results of model calculations for class II methanol masers (MMII) are presented. The model of the pumping assumes that an external dust layer provides the source of energy for maser excitation. The dependence of the emergent maser spectrum on the properties of the dust layer is studied. These properties include the chemical composition and sizes of dust grains, the temperature and optical depth of the dust layer. as well as the dilution factor of external dust emission. It is shown that, in order to reproduce the observed patterns of class II methanol maser line ratios, the pumping dust layer should be mostly composed of silicate grains with sizes smaller than 0.01 μ. It is shown that the layer of warm (> 125 K) dust effectively pumps the strongest MMII transitions over a wide range of 30 μ dust opacities (0.01–2) and dilution factors (0.02–0.5).

Type
Part 1. Star Formation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 206: Cosmic Masers: From Protostars to Blackholes , 2002 , pp. 183 - 186
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002 

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