摘 要: | New methanol maser lines at 72 → 63A-(86.6GHz) and 72 → 63A (86.9GHz) together with two candidate methanol maser lines at 72 → 81A-(80.99GHz) and 72 → 81A (111.29GHz) have been detected in W3(OH). We use a pumping mechanism,i.e.,methanol masers without population inversion,to explain the formation of weak methanol masers of 72 → 81A and 72 → 81A-. We explain well why the line-shape of the transition 72 → 81A is not typical. A similar argument can be applied to the Λ-type level system 72A-,63A-and 81A-,as well as to the 72 → 81A-80.99GHz masers.
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