Pumping of main line OH masers in the circumstellar envelopes of OH/Infrared stars

Details Pumping of main line OH masers in the circumstellar envelopes of OH/Infrared stars Pumping of main line OH masers in the circumstellar envelopes of OH/Infrared stars

Feb 1994

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 422, no. 1, p. 193-204

Computer Science

Numerical Analysis

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Emission Spectra, Hydroxyl Radicals, Infrared Radiation, Infrared Stars, Interstellar Masers, Mira Variables, Optical Pumping, Optical Thickness, Population Inversion, Radio Astronomy, Stellar Envelopes, Astronomical Models, Color-Color Diagram, Density (Number/Volume), Numerical Analysis, Velocity Distribution

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Models are presented for the pumping of the main line OH masers in the circumstellar shells of optically thick OH/IR stars. The effects of nonlocal far-IR (FIR) line overlaps, collisional excitations, and dust FIR pumping are included in the calculations of the level populations of OH. We also investigate the effect of a near-IR (NIR) overlap and show that an overlap with a strong transition of H2O is possible. These calculations are carried out within the context of a simple model of the outflow and thus incorporate the variation of pumping conditions with radius. The resulting population distribution gives the spatial location and relative strengths of the four ground state maser lines of OH. A comparison is made to recent observations of main line emission from OH/IR stars. We find general qualitative agreement between the models and these obsevations. Though for thick shells FIR overlaps alone appear to be able to reproduce the observations, a NIR overlap may be necessary to explain the observed emission from thinner shells, as has been suggested previously for type I Mira variables (Collision & Nedoluha 1993).

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