We collect 3249 OH maser sources from the literature published up to April 2007, and compile a new catalog of OH masers. We look for the exciting sources of these masers and their infrared properties from IRAS and MSX...We collect 3249 OH maser sources from the literature published up to April 2007, and compile a new catalog of OH masers. We look for the exciting sources of these masers and their infrared properties from IRAS and MSX data, and make a sta- tistical study. MSX sources associated with stellar 1612 MHz OH masers are located mainly above the blackbody line; this is caused by the dust absorption of stellar en- velopes, especially in the MSX_A band. The mid-IR sources associated with stellar OH masers are concentrated in a small region in an [A]-[D] vs.[A]-[E] diagram with a small fraction of contamination; this gives us a new criterion to search for new stellar OH masers and distinguish stellar masers from unknown types of OH masers. IR sources associated with 1612 MHz stellar OH masers show an expected result： the average flux of sources with F60 〉 F25 increases with increasing wavelength, while those with F60 〈 F25 vary little with wavelength, because the sources with F60 〈 F25 are much hotter than those with F60 〉 F25.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10778703 and10873025) the Program of the Light in China’s Western Region (LCWR) (Nos. RCPY200605 and RCPY200706)
文摘We collect 3249 OH maser sources from the literature published up to April 2007, and compile a new catalog of OH masers. We look for the exciting sources of these masers and their infrared properties from IRAS and MSX data, and make a sta- tistical study. MSX sources associated with stellar 1612 MHz OH masers are located mainly above the blackbody line; this is caused by the dust absorption of stellar en- velopes, especially in the MSX_A band. The mid-IR sources associated with stellar OH masers are concentrated in a small region in an [A]-[D] vs.[A]-[E] diagram with a small fraction of contamination; this gives us a new criterion to search for new stellar OH masers and distinguish stellar masers from unknown types of OH masers. IR sources associated with 1612 MHz stellar OH masers show an expected result： the average flux of sources with F60 〉 F25 increases with increasing wavelength, while those with F60 〈 F25 vary little with wavelength, because the sources with F60 〈 F25 are much hotter than those with F60 〉 F25.
