Testing OH Megamaser Identification Methods in HI Surveys: Updated Source-Flagging Algorithms and New Detections in ALFALFA

Hayley Roberts, Jeremy Darling, Kelley M. Hess +3

OH megamasers (OHMs) are extragalactic masers found primarily in gas-rich galaxy major mergers. To date, only $\sim$120 OHMs have been cataloged since their discovery in 1982, and…