Anisotropic Scattering of OH/IR Stars Towards the Galactic Center

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1994-02-08

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9402018v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

ApJ(Let) submitted. 17 pages, 2 figures and 1 table in a uuencoded tar file. Hardcopies available from dfrail@nrao.edu

Scientific paper

10.1086/187360

We have made angular broadening measurements in the satellite line of the OH molecule at 1612 MHz of 8 OH/IR stars located near the Galactic Center with the Very Large Array. Early observations with the Very Long Baseline Array had revealed a region of pronounced scattering approximately centered on SgrA*. These new observations show that the compact line emission from these stars is scattered by an amount that is two to three times larger than had been previously seen. Additionally, we measure non-circular scattering disks for these objects, evidence that the electron density variations are distributed anisotropically. The present data suggest that the enhanced turbulence is located near the Galactic Center. However, we cannot completely rule out that the scattering is caused by an unrelated region along the line of sight.

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