The geometry of and mass accretion rate through the maser accretion disk in NGC 4258

JR Herrnstein, JM Moran, LJ Greenhill… - The Astrophysical …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
A maximum likelihood analysis of the NGC 4258 maser positions and velocities reveals a~ 2
σ deviation from Keplerian motion in the projected rotation curve of the high-velocity …

Megamaser disks in active galactic nuclei

JF Kartje, A Königl, M Elitzur - The Astrophysical Journal, 1999 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent spectroscopic and VLBI-imaging observations of bright extragalactic H $\mathstrut {_
{2}} $ O maser sources have revealed that the megamaser emission often originates in thin …

New evidence for Dicke's superradiance in the 6.7 GHz methanol spectral line in the interstellar medium

F Rajabi, M Houde, A Bartkiewicz… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We present new evidence for superradiance (SR) in the methanol 6.7 GHz spectral line for
three different star-forming regions: S255IR-NIRS3, G24. 329+ 0.144, and Cepheus A. Our …

Unusually powerful flare activity of the H2O maser feature near a velocity of −60 km s−1 in W49N

AE Volvach, LN Volvach… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Water maser monitoring observations of W49N were carried out with the 22-m Simeiz radio
telescope from 2017 May to 2020 February. A series of flares near a high-velocity spectral …

The Effelsberg survey of FU Orionis and EX Lupi objects-II. H2O maser observations

ZM Szabó, Y Gong, W Yang, KM Menten… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. FU Orionis (FUor) and EX Lupi (EXor) type objects are two groups of peculiar and
rare pre-main sequence low-mass stars that are undergoing powerful accretion outbursts …

VLBA observations of a bursting water maser in Orion KL

T Shimoikura, H Kobayashi, T Omodaka… - The Astrophysical …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
We have performed multiepoch single-telescope and Very Long Baseline Interferometry
(VLBI) observations of an anomalously strong outburst of a water vapor maser in the Orion …

A new 3D maser code applied to flaring events

MD Gray, L Mason, S Etoka - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We set out the theory and discretization scheme for a new finite-element computer code,
written specifically for the simulation of maser sources. The code was used to compute …

Composite powerful short flare of water maser emission in IRAS 16293-2422

AE Volvach, LN Volvach… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Using long-term monitoring data of water-vapour masers, here we examine a composite
powerful flare of extremely short duration (∼ 12 d), which occurred in IRAS 16293-2422 …

Astrophysical masers

M Gray - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society …, 1999 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A brief introduction to the concept of a natural maser is followed by a history of the discovery
of masers in space and a discussion of their basic properties. Several arguments are put …

Water maser emission in IC 342

A Tarchi, C Henkel, AB Peck, KM Menten - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2002 - aanda.org
The detection of 22 GHz water vapor emission from IC 342 is reported, raising the detection
rate among northern galaxies with IRAS point source fluxes Jy to 16%. The maser …