Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-01-12
Sobolev, A. M.; Ostrovskii, A. B.; Kirsanova, M. S.; Shelemei, O. V.; Voronkov, M. A.; Malyshev, A. V.; IAU Symposium Proceedi
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, 3 figures, published in the proceedings of the IAUS 227
Scientific paper
Methanol masers which are traditionally divided into two classes provide possibility to study important parts of the star forming regions: Class~II masers trace vicinities of the massive YSOs while class~I masers are likely to trace more distant parts of the outflows where newer stars can form. There are many methanol transitions which produce observed masers. This allows to use pumping analysis for estimation of the physical parameters in the maser formation regions and its environment, for the study of their evolution. Extensive surveys in different masing transitions allow to conclude on the values of the temperatures, densities, dust properties, etc. in the bulk of masing regions. Variability of the brightest masers is monitored during several years. In some cases it is probably caused by the changes of the dust temperature which follow variations in the brightness of the central YSO reflecting the character of the accretion process. A unified catalogue of the class II methanol masers consisting of more than 500 objects is compiled. Analysis of the data shows that: physical conditions within the usual maser source vary considerably; maser brightness is determined by parameters of some distinguished part of the object - maser formation region; class II methanol masers are formed not within the outflows but in the regions affected by their propagation. It is shown that the "near" solutions for the kinematic distances to the sources can be used for statistical analysis. The luminosity function of the 6.7 GHz methanol masers is constructed. It is shown that improvement of the sensitivity of surveys can increase number of detected maser sources considerably.
Kirsanova M. S.
Malyshev Victor A.
Ostrovskii A. B.
Shelemei O. V.
Sobolev Andrej M.
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