Identification of type I OH masers with very small H II regions

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Continuous Radiation, H Ii Regions, Hydrogen Ions, Hydroxyl Emission, Maser Outputs, Stellar Evolution, Giant Stars, Identifying, Isophotes, Main Sequence Stars, Point Sources

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The centimeter continuum radiation was mapped in 11 fields containing 13 OH masers with accurately known positions. Three kinds of sources were observed: 7 point sources identified with masers, 3 extended sources identified with masers, and 3 masers without continuum sources. If the sample studied is representative of Type I masers, then the majority of these masers coincide with very compact H II regions. The following sequence of events is proposed: when a massive star reaches the main sequence, it will form a very small H II region. In this stage, a Type I OH maser may appear within 10,000 AU from the H II region. The maser will last a few thousand years until the H II region expands beyond a critical diameter, perhaps 15,000 AU, and a 'normal' compact H II region appears.

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