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CH3OH and H2O maser associations at very high angular resolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 November 2005

Luca Moscadelli
Affiliation:
Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, Loc. Poggio dei Pini, Strada 54, I-09012 Capoterra, Cagliari, Italy email: mosca@ca.astro.it.
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Abstract

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6.7 and 12.2 GHz CH$_{3}$OH (methanol) and 22.2 GHz H$_{2}$O masers are believed to be good tracers of the earliest phases of high-mass star formation. Interferometric and VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) observations have shown that water masers are predominantly associated with the innermost portions of the jets/outflows emerging from (proto-)stellar objects. On the other hand, the astrophysical environment traced by the 6.7 GHz (and the associated 12.2 GHz) CH$_{3}$OH masers is still to be more precisely determined. So far, most high-resolution studies have focused either on CH$_{3}$OH or on H$_{2}$O masers and little is known on their connection, wehereas it would be important to study both types of maser emission in the same object. The goal of our long-term project is to perform interferometric and VLBI observations of H$_{2}$O and CH$_3$OH masers towards a selected sample of high-mass YSOs where both maser types have been detected. This work presents preliminary results obtained for a few objects of our sample, and discusses possible implications.

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© 2005 International Astronomical Union