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IRC+10 degrees 216 mass loss properties through the study of lambda 3 mm emission
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- Velilla Prieto, Luis, 1981 (författare)
- Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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- Cernicharo, J. (författare)
- Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas,Spanish National Research Council
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- Agundez, M. (författare)
- Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas,Spanish National Research Council
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- Fonfria, J. P. (författare)
- Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas,Spanish National Research Council
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- Quintana-Lacaci, G. (författare)
- Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas,Spanish National Research Council
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- Marcelino, N. (författare)
- Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas,Spanish National Research Council
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- Castro-Carrizo, A. (författare)
- Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique (IRAM)
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- 2019-09-18
- 2019
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Astronomy and Astrophysics. - : EDP Sciences. - 0004-6361 .- 1432-0746. ; 629
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Abstract
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- Low-mass evolved stars are major contributors to interstellar medium enrichment as a consequence of the intense mass-loss process these stars experience at the end of their lives. The study of the gas in the envelopes surrounding asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars through observations in the millimetre wavelength range provides information about the history and nature of these molecular factories. Here we present ALMA observations at subarsecond resolution, complemented with IRAM-30 m data, of several lines of SiO, SiS, and CS towards the best-studied AGB circumstellar envelope, IRC + 10 degrees 216. We aim to characterise their spatial distribution and determine their fractional abundances mainly through radiative transfer and chemical modelling. The three species display extended emission with several enhanced emission shells. CS displays the most extended distribution reaching distances up to approximately 20 ''. SiS and SiO emission have similar sizes of approximately 11 '', but SiS emission is slightly more compact. We have estimated fractional abundances relative to H-2, which on average are equal to f(SiO) similar to 10(-7), f(SiS) similar to 10(-6), and f(CS) similar to 10(-6) up to the photo-dissociation region. The observations and analysis presented here show evidence that the circumstellar material displays clear deviations from an homogeneous spherical wind, with clumps and low density shells that may allow UV photons from the interstellar medium (ISM) to penetrate deep into the envelope, shifting the photo-dissociation radius inwards. Our chemical model predicts photo-dissociation radii compatible with those derived from the observations, although it is unable to predict abundance variations from the starting radius of the calculations (similar to 10 R-*), which may reflect the simplicity of the model. We conclude that the spatial distribution of the gas proves the episodic and variable nature of the mass loss mechanism of IRC + 10 degrees 216, on timescales of hundreds of years.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik -- Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences -- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- circumstellar matter
- stars: individual: IRC+10216
- stars: AGB and post-AGB
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