The VSOP prelaunch H2O maser survey.: I.: VLBA observations

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作者
Migenes, V
Horiuchi, S
Slysh, VI
Val'tts, IE
Golubev, VV
Edwards, PG
Fomalont, EB
Okayasu, R
Diamond, PJ
Umemoto, T
Shibata, KM
Inoue, M
机构
[1] Natl Radio Astron Observ, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA
[2] Natl Astron Observ, VSOP Project, Mitaka, Tokyo 181, Japan
[3] PN Lebedev Phys Inst, Ctr Astro Space, Moscow 117810, Russia
[4] Inst Space & Astronaut Sci, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229, Japan
[5] Natl Radio Astron Observ, Socorro, NM 87801 USA
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HII regions; ISM : structure; masers; surveys; techniques : interferometric;
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10.1086/313238
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We present the first results from an H2O maser survey conducted with the VLBA for determining candidate sources for space VLBI missions. We observed 60 sources in total: four late-type stars, 29 star-forming regions, and 27 H II regions. These are the first interferometric observations of any kind for 50% of the sources. Approximately 30% of the sources we observed exhibit highly compact structure and very strong emission, which make them ideal targets for space VLBI missions.
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页码:487 / 513
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