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Evolution of OH Maser Emission in the Active Star-Forming Region W75N. I. Research in the 1665 MHz Line

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The monitoring results of the OH maser source in W75 N in the main line at 1665 MHz performed in 2007–2020 using the Nançay Radio Telescope (France) are presented. Generally, the maser in 2007–2009 is characterized by a high activity. During the monitoring, time variations of the Stokes parameters were found for all spectral features in the radial velocity range from –1 to 14 km/s. We found that its positional angle \(\chi \) and the degree of linear polarization \({{m}_{{\text{L}}}}\), as well as the degree of circular polarization \({{m}_{{\text{C}}}}\) of most features, change with time according to certain regularities, not chaotically. Or they can change very weakly and there is a correlation with the variability of the flux density. In this case, the radial velocities of the features change very little. It is shown that the main feature at 12 km/s during 50 years since the discovery of the OH maser in W75 N had two maxima of activity with an interval of about 30 years between them. The identification of spectral features in the 1665 MHz line with maser spots on VLBA maps has been carried out. We showed that a strong flare of the main features in 2007–2009 occurred in the VLA 2 source. During this flare, small changes in the angle \(\chi \) and significant changes in the degree of both linear and circular polarization of features at 1.75, 2.1, and 3.05 km/s were observed. For the 0.65 km/s feature, significant changes in all emission parameters were observed. The emission in the 1612 MHz satellite line is broadband. The broadening of the line to 1.9 km/s indicates that, in addition to thermal motion of matter, there is also turbulent motion of matter in the medium.

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The authors thank the staff members of the Meudon Radio Astronomical Observatory (France) for help with the observations.

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    P. Colom

  2. Moscow State University, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    N. T. Ashimbaeva, E. E. Lekht, M. I. Pashchenko & G. M. Rudnitskii

  3. Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory, Astro Space Center, Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia

    A. M. Tolmachev

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Colom, P., Ashimbaeva, N.T., Lekht, E.E. et al. Evolution of OH Maser Emission in the Active Star-Forming Region W75N. I. Research in the 1665 MHz Line. Astron. Rep. 65, 45–60 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063772921010017

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