A shock-excited OH maser in a post-AGB envelope ?

Details A shock-excited OH maser in a post-AGB envelope ? A shock-excited OH maser in a post-AGB envelope ?

2000-11-06

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0011114v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 2 figures, LaTeX, accepted for publication in ApJ Letters

Scientific paper

10.1086/318867

We have observed a sample of OH 1612-MHz masing objects in all four OH ground--state transitions with the Australia Telescope Compact Array. One likely post-AGB object is found to emit in the 1612-MHz, 1665-MHz and 1720-MHz transitions. We discuss the evidence that this object may be an early post-AGB object and the possibility for such a circumstellar envelope to harbour a 1720-MHz maser. We argue that during a very brief period, just after the star has left the thermally-pulsing phase of the AGB and the wind velocity starts to increase, post-AGB objects might show \sath emission. The best objects to search for such emission would be those that are masing at 1612 MHz and 1665 MHz, but not at 1667 MHz nor in the 22-GHz H2O transition.

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