H2O MegaMasers: RadioAstron success story
Abstract
The RadioAstron space-VLBI mission has successfully detected extragalactic H2O MegaMaser emission regions at very long Earth to space baselines ranging between 1.4 and 26.7 Earth Diameters (ED). The preliminary results for two galaxies, NGC 3079 and NGC 4258, at baselines longer than one ED indicate masering environments and excitation conditions in these galaxies that are distinctly different. Further observations of NGC 4258 at even longer baselines are expected to reveal more of the physics of individual emission regions.
- Publication:
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Astrophysical Masers: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe
- Pub Date:
- August 2018
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1801.08796
- Bibcode:
- 2018IAUS..336..422B
- Keywords:
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- galaxies: nuclei;
- galaxies: ISM;
- masers;
- radio lines: ISM;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- To be published in Astrophysical Masers: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe, IAU Symposium 336, 2017