1998AJ....116.2495C -
Astron. J., 116, 2495-2500 (1998/November-0)
A survey of 30SiO emission from evolved stars.
CHO S.-H. and UKITA N.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present the first detection of 30SiO v=1, J=1-0 maser emission toward the Mira variable TX Cam among 18 surveyed evolved stars. The line width of this maser is much narrower than that of 30SiO v=0, J=1-0 masers and the intensity is also weaker, indicating that it is unsaturated. The detection of the 30SiO maser emission in the lowest rotational transition of the first vibrationally excited state, together with nearly simultaneous observations of the large number of 29SiO and 28SiO masers, provides good constraints for establishing the SiO maser pumping model of TX Cam. The global features of 30SiO and 29SiO v=1, J=1-0 lines are similar, but detailed characteristics, such as their half-widths, their peak intensity ratios of the v = 1, J = 1-0 line to the v = 0, J = 1-0 line, and their intensity variation with time, are different. New detection of the 30SiO v=0, J=1-0 and J=2-1 lines is also reported in six evolved stars: TX Cam, R Cas, χ Cyg, W Hya, U Lyn, and WX Psc. They show a different masing characteristics of the 30SiO that depends on both sources and transitions. This is probably related to a critical condition for masing.
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Journal keyword(s):
Stars: Circumstellar Matter - ISM: Masers - Stars: Late-Type
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