Pumping the stellar hydroxyl maser

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

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Hydroxyl Emission, Infrared Spectra, Interstellar Masers, Late Stars, Mira Variables, Far Infrared Radiation, Semiregular Variable Stars, Stellar Spectrophotometry

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IRAS far-IR flux data for 163 OH maser stars were analyzed to quantify the contributions 35 and 53 microns inversions make to pumping of the hydroxyl maser. The 35 microns transition is from the 3,3 ground state to the 1,5 rotationally excited level and subsequent decay; the 53 microns transition is a change from the ground state to the 1,3 excited level and relaxation. The stars examined included Mira, short period semi-regular and long-period semi-regular variables. Both transition lines had rough parity in contributing to the approximately 8 percent pumping efficiency at 1612 MHz. However, the individual contributions of the lines could not be determined for the stellar population studied.

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