Sizes of Masing Parts of Massive Star Forming Regions

• Date: 2012
• Main Authors: Sobolev, A. M., Sutton, E. C., Watson, W. D., Ostrovskii, A. B., Shelemei, O. V.
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Видавничий дім «Академперіодика» 2012
• Online Access: http://rpra-journal.org.ua/index.php/ra/article/view/550
• Journal Title: Radio physics and radio astronomy

It is shown that the images, line profiles, and time evolution of different interstellar masing transitions can be explained by the hypothesis that the population inversions giving birth to masers take place in turbulent regions with extents that are orders of magnitude greater than the sizes of the...