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Unexpectedly large mass loss during the thermal pulse cycle of the red giant star R Sculptoris

Maercker, Matthias, 1979 (författare)
European Southern Observatory (ESO),Universität Bonn,University of Bonn
Mohamed, S. (författare)
South African Astronomical Observatory
Vlemmings, Wouter, 1974 (författare)
Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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Ramstedt, S. (författare)
Universität Bonn,University of Bonn
Groenewegen, M. A. T. (författare)
Royal Observatory of Belgium
Humphreys, E. M. (författare)
European Southern Observatory (ESO)
Kerschbaum, F. (författare)
Universität Wien,University of Vienna
Lindqvist, Michael, 1960 (författare)
Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
Olofsson, Hans, 1952 (författare)
Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
Paladini, C. (författare)
Universität Wien,University of Vienna
Wittkowski, M. (författare)
European Southern Observatory (ESO)
de Gregorio-Monsalvo, I. (författare)
Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array (ALMA)
Nyman, Lars-Åke, 1954 (författare)
Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array (ALMA)
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2012-10-10
2012
Engelska.
Ingår i: Nature. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0028-0836 .- 1476-4687. ; 490:7419, s. 232-234
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  • The asymptotic giant branch star R Sculptoris is surrounded by a detached shell of dust and gas. The shell originates from a thermal pulse during which the star undergoes a brief period of increased mass loss. It has hitherto been impossible to constrain observationally the timescales and mass-loss properties during and after a thermal pulse - parameters that determine the lifetime on the asymptotic giant branch and the amount of elements returned by the star. Here we report observations of CO emission from the circumstellar envelope and shell around R Sculptoris with an angular resolution of 1.3 arcsec. What was hitherto thought to be only a thin, spherical shell with a clumpy structure, is revealed to contain a spiral structure. Spiral structures associated with circumstellar envelopes have been seen previously, from which it was concluded that the systems must be binaries. Using the data, combined with hydrodynamic simulations, we conclude that R Sculptoris is a binary system that underwent a thermal pulse approximately 1800 years ago, lasting approximately 200 years. About 0.003 Msun of mass was ejected at a velocity of 14.3 km s-1 and at a rate approximately 30 times higher than the prepulse mass-loss rate. This shows that approximately 3 times more mass is returned to the interstellar medium during and immediately after a pulse than previously thought.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi (hsv//swe)
NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology (hsv//eng)

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