X-ray emission of OH megamaser galaxies

Details X-ray emission of OH megamaser galaxies X-ray emission of OH megamaser galaxies

Apr 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007ap.....50..135k&link_type=abstract

Astrophysics, Volume 50, Issue 2, pp.135-143

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Maser, Galaxies, X-Ray Radiation

Scientific paper

The properties of OH megamaser galaxies in the x-ray region are discussed. Observational data from the XMM-Newton x-ray satellite are presented for three megamasers, IRAS 01418+1651, IRAS 11010+4107, and IRAS 13218+0552. Based on a sample of OH megamaser galaxies it is shown that the x-ray and OH emission are closely coupled. Megamaser emission also correlates with the column density of the medium and the OH emissivity increases as the square of the column density. The results of this study indicate that in OH megamaser galaxies an active nucleus, x-ray heating of molecules, and saturation of the maser emission can play an important role. In some megamasers, active star formation may be the dominant source.

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