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On the detection of...
On the detection of CO and mass-loss of bulge OH/IR stars
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- Blommaert, Jadl (författare)
- Vrije Universiteit Brüssel (VUB),Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
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- Groenewegen, M. A. T. (författare)
- Royal Observatory of Belgium
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- Justtanont, Kay, 1965 (författare)
- Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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- Decin, L. (författare)
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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- 2018-06-25
- 2018
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 0035-8711 .- 1365-2966. ; 479:3, s. 3545-3562
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Abstract
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- We report on the successful search forCO(2-1) and (3-2) emission associated with OH/IR stars in the Galactic bulge. We observed a sample of eight extremely red asymptotic giant branch stars with the Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment telescope and detected seven. The sources were selected at a sufficiently high galactic latitude to avoid interference by interstellar CO, which hampered previous studies of inner galaxy stars. To study the nature of our sample and the mass-loss, we constructed the spectral energy distribution (SEDs) from photometric data and Spitzer IRS spectroscopy. In a first step, we apply radiative transfer modelling to fit the SEDs and obtain luminosities and dust mass-loss rates (MLRs). Through dynamical modelling, we then retrieve the total MLR and the gas-to-dust ratios. We derived variability periods of our stars. The luminosities range between approximately 4000 and 5500 L⊙and periods are shorter than 700 d. The total MLR ranges between 10-5and 10-4M⊙yr-1. Comparison with evolutionary models shows that the progenitor mass ≈ 1.5 M⊙, similar to the bulge Miras of intermediate age (3 Gyr). The gas-to-dust ratios are between 100 and 400 and are similar to what is found for OH/IR stars in the galactic disc. One star, IRAS 17347-2319, has a very short period of approximately 300 d that may be decreasing further. It may belong to a class of Mira variables with a sudden change in period as observed in some Galactic objects. It would be the first example of an OH/IR star in this class and deserves further follow-up observations.
Ämnesord
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Meteorologi och atmosfärforskning (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik -- Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences -- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Matematik -- Sannolikhetsteori och statistik (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Mathematics -- Probability Theory and Statistics (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Stars: mass-loss
- Stars: AGB and post-AGB
- Radio lines: stars
- Circumstellar matter
- Galaxy: bulge
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