Theory and Extragalactic Masers

Details Theory and Extragalactic Masers Theory and Extragalactic Masers

2001-07-30

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0107572v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

to appear in the proceedings of IAU Symposium #206: Cosmic Masers (Mangaratiba, Brazil; March 2001); 16 pages; 5 figures; uses

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Theoretical research on extragalactic masers (and hence this review) is almost entirely directed toward 22 GHz water masers in circumnuclear disks with the focus being the near ideal masing disk at the nucleus of the galaxy NGC4258. The discussion here is organized around (1) the excitation and conditions for the masers, (2) the spatial and spectral appearance of the maser emission, and (3) the mass accretion rate and structure of the disk. In addition, a summary is given of the basic physics (spectral linebeadths and maser polarization) that underlies certain interpretations of these and other astrophysical masers.

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