Search for maser emission in Westerlund 1

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Oct 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006atnf.prop..524d&link_type=abstract

ATNF proposal C1619, Semester: October, 2006

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Stellar, Galactic, Atca

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Westerlund 1 is the most massive stellar cluster known in the galaxy, with an estimated total mass in excess of 10^5 solar masses, comparable to Super Star Clusters typically seen in other galaxies. Recent radio observations of the cluster show that 19 of the massive cluster members are radio emitters, including all four of the Red Supergiants (RSGs). These RSGs have assoicated cool dust emission, and we propose a 4 hour observation with the 6A configuration of the ATCA to search for hydroxl and water maser emission in these dusty envelopes that would provide probes of the structure of the dusty wind envelopes, including dynamics, density distribution and magnetic field structure.

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