Simultaneity and Flux Bias between 43 and 86 GHz SiO Masers

Abstract

Using quasi-simultaneous observations of 86 stars with known SiO maser emission, we searched for systematic differences between the strengths of the 43 and 86 GHz v=1 maser lines. Although for individual stars there is wide scatter between the line strengths spanning nearly an order of magnitude, there is no evidence of a systematic difference between these line strengths for the entire sample.