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A model for maser line profiles of late-type stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

J.R.D. Lépine*
Affiliation:
Instituto Astronomico e Geofisico -U S P, Caixa Postal 30627, O1051 Sao Paulo Brazil

Abstract

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The profiles of maser lines from spherically symmetric expanding shells are computed with the help of a simple model. It is shown that a beaming effect must be taken into account in order to correctly account for the OH profiles of type II OH stars.

Type
Circumstellar Shells and Envelopes
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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