2025ApJ...990..193S


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2025ApJ...990..193S - Astrophys. J., 990, 193 (2025/September-2)

First Detection of Circular Polarization in 4.7 GHz Excited OH Masers.

SMITS D.P. and FALLON P.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the first detection of circular polarization in 4.7 GHz excited OH masers in star-forming regions made using full Stokes measurements with the Green Bank 100 m telescope. The Zeeman shift between the two circular components provides a measure of the magnetic field pervading these maser spots. Three different methods are used to determine the shift in velocity between the RCP and LCP components. We find fields with B ∼ 100 mG using archival molecular parameters that have limited precision and uncertain values. Reservations of using 1.7 and 6.0 GHz OH masers to estimate magnetic fields in star-forming regions are discussed.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Hydroxyl masers - Interstellar magnetic fields - Spectropolarimetry - Young stellar objects

Simbad objects: 2

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Number of rows : 2
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
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Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
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1 IRAS 05358+3543 Y*O 05 39 09.92 +35 45 17.2           ~ 171 0
2 NAME Mon R2 IRS 3 Y*O 06 07 47.8 -06 22 55           ~ 149 0

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