WATER VAPOR - OBSERVATIONS OF GALACTIC SOURCES

被引:54
作者
MEEKS, ML
CARTER, JC
BARRETT, AH
SCHWARTZ, PR
WATERS, JW
BROWN, WE
机构
[1] Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, MA
[2] Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
[3] Optics and Microwave Laboratory, Electronics Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cambridge
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10.1126/science.165.3889.180
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
We measured the emission of water vapor at a wavelength of 1.35 centimeters from nine sources with the 120-foot (36.5-meter) Haystack antenna. Eight sources lie within 30 seconds of arc of the hydroxyl sources of 18 centimeters but not all hydroxyl sources produced detectable emission of water vapor. All sources are smaller than 30 seconds of arc in angular diameter, but we resolved at least three separate sources in the Orion Nebula. We do not find that the known hyperfine components are present with the equilibrium intensity distribution.
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