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标题：Interferometric observations of SiO thermal emission in the inner wind of M-type AGB stars IK Tauri and IRC+10011 ★ ★★
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作者：J. L. Verbena ; V. Bujarrabal ; J. Alcolea 等
期刊名称：Astronomy & Astrophysics
印刷版ISSN：0004-6361
电子版ISSN：1432-0746
出版年度：2019
卷号：624
DOI：10.1051/0004-6361/201834864
语种：English
出版社：EDP Sciences
摘要：Context.Asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars go through a process of strong mass loss that involves pulsations of the atmosphere, which extends to a region in which the conditions are adequate for dust grains to form. Radiation pressure acts on these grains which, coupled to the gas, drive a massive outflow. The details of this process are not clear, including which molecules are involved in the condensation of dust grains.Aims.We seek to study the role of the SiO molecule in the process of dust formation and mass loss in M-type AGB stars.Methods.Using the IRAM NOEMA interferometer we observed the28SiO and29SiOJ= 3−2,v= 0 emission from the inner circumstellar envelope of the evolved stars IK Tau and IRC+10011. We computed azimuthally averaged emission profiles to compare the observations to models using a molecular excitation and ray-tracing code for SiO thermal emission.Results.We observe circular symmetry in the emission distribution. We also find that the source diameter varies only marginally with radial velocity, which is not the expected behaviour for envelopes expanding at an almost constant velocity. The adopted density, velocity, and abundance laws, together with the mass-loss rate, which best fit the observations, give us information concerning the chemical behaviour of the SiO molecule and its role in the dust formation process.Conclusions.The results indicate that there is a strong coupling between the depletion of gas-phase SiO and gas acceleration in the inner envelope. This could be explained by the condensation of SiO into dust grains.
关键词：Key wordsenstars: AGB and post-AGBstars: mass-lossstars: late-typecircumstellar matterradio lines: stars