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arxiv: 1401.7556 · v1 · pith:JCXARVNCnew · submitted 2014-01-29 · 🌌 astro-ph.GA

6.7GHz methanol maser variability in Cepheus A

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6.7 GHz methanol maser emission from the well-studied star-forming region Cepheus A was monitored with the Torun 32 m radio telescope. We found synchronized and anticorrelated changes of the flux density of the two blueshifted and one redshifted maser features for ~30 per cent of 1340 d of our observations. Two of those features exhibited high amplitude flux density variations with periods of 84-87 d over the last 290 d interval of the monitoring. We also report on two flares of emission at two different redshifted velocities completely covered during the whole outburst. These flare events lasted 510-670 d and showed a very rapid linear rise and slow exponential decline, which may be caused by variability of the seed flux density. The flux density of the two strongest features dropped by a factor of 2-5 on a time-scale ~22 yr, while other features have not changed significantly during this period, but showed strong variability on time-scales <5 yr.

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