A radiative pumping scheme for OH and H2O masers in massive star forming regions

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 307, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 357-363

  Liu, Hanping ^a   Forster, J R ^b   Liu, Yingping ^c   Sun, Jin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BEIJING UNION UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Interstellar masers; OH and H2O masers; Pumping mechanism; Radiative mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947731504     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: 1572946X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-006-9277-7     Document Type: Article

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