Instruct: Identify the main and secondary category of Arxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Searching for OH maser emission towards the MIPSGAL compact Galactic
  bubbles   We conducted radio observations searching for OH 18-cm maser emission from a
sample of 169 unclassified MIPSGAL compact Galactic bubbles. These sources are
thought to be the circumstellar envelopes of different kinds of evolved stars.
Our observations were aimed at shedding light on the nature of MIPSGAL bubbles,
since their characterisation is a fundamental aid for the development of
accurate physical models of stellar and Galaxy evolution. The maser emission is
observatively linked to the last stages of the life of low- and
intermediate-mass stars, which may constitute a significant fraction of the
MIPSGAL bubbles. In particular OH masers are usually observed towards post-AGB
stars. Our observations were performed with the Green Bank Telescope and, for
each source, produced spectra around the four OH 18-cm transitions. The
observations were compared with archive interferometer data in order to exclude
possible contamination from nearby sources. The main result is that the OH
maser emission is not a common feature among the MIPSGAL bubbles, with only one
certain detection. We conclude that among the MIPSGAL bubbles the post-AGB
stars could be very rare.

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