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OH Emission from Protostars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

I. D. Johnston*
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Sydney

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There is a large body of evidence to suggest that the anomalous OH emission sources—particularly those which are classified as class I sources—are associated with protostars. It is also known, from the theories brought forward over the past four years, that maser action can be caused by quite a variety of non-equilibrium situations. It is argued here that one particular kind of non-equilibrium situation which can plausibly be expected to exist in protostars is very similar to that proposed previously in the electron-pumping model, and that, in this new context, it can mimic most of the observed features of class I sources.

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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1970

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