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Titolo: | Polarization properties of methanol masers | Autori: | Dall'Olio, Daria Vlemming, Wouter Lankhaar, Boy Surcis, G. |
Data pubblicazione: | 2020 | Rivista: | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | Numero: | 644 | Da pagina:: | 122 | Abstract: | (Abridged) Astronomical masers have been effective tools to study magnetic fields for many years. In particular, methanol can be used to probe different parts of protostars such as accretion discs and outflows, since it produces one of the strongest and the most commonly observed masers in massive star-forming regions. We investigate the polarization properties of selected methanol maser transitions in light of newly calculated methanol Land\'e g-factors and considering hyperfine components. We compare our results with previous observations and we evaluate the effect of preferred hyperfine pumping and non-Zeeman effects. We run simulations using the radiative transfer code CHAMP. We find a dependence of linear and circular polarization fractions on the hyperfine transitions. Preferred hyperfine pumping can explain some high levels of linear and circular polarization and some of the peculiar features seen in the S-shape of observed V-profiles. Methanol masers are not significantly affected by non-Zeeman effects. Our models show that for methanol maser emission, both the linear and circular polarization percentages depend on which hyperfine transition is masing and the degree to which it is being pumped. Since non-Zeeman effects become more relevant at high values of brightness temperatures, it is important to obtain good estimates of these quantities and on maser beaming angles. Better constraints on the brightness temperature will help in understand about the extent to which non-Zeeman effects contribute to the observed polarization percentages. In order to detect separate hyperfine components, an intrinsic thermal line width significantly smaller than the hyperfine separation is required. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/31228 | URL: | http://arxiv.org/abs/2010.04737v1 https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2020/12/aa39149-20/aa39149-20.html |
ISSN: | 0004-6361 | DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361/202039149 | Bibcode ADS: | 2020A&A...644A.122D | Fulltext: | open |
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