Toruń Maser Group Highlights

Anna Bartkiewicz, Marian Szymczak, Michał Durjasz, Mateusz Olech, Rafał Sarniak, Paweł Wolak, Agnieszka Kobak

Maser action, i.e., microwave amplification by stimulated emission radiation occurs naturally in the interstellar medium and traces regions under non-LTE conditions with sufficient velocity coherence in the line of sight. Methanol, water and hydroxyl are well known masing molecules which occur in vicinity of high-mass young stellar objects (HMYSOs) and evolved stars. Observations using the Torun 32-m radio telescope together with the European Very Long Baseline Interferometer Network (EVN) are important inputs for the models of maser radiation and theory of high-mass star formation. Recent highlights of the work of our Maser Group are presented.

Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society, vol. 10, 166-168 (2020)

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