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Mira变星射电光球的成像

Imaging the Radio Photospheres of Mira Variables

M. J. Reid, Karl M. Menten

摘要:

我们已经使用VLA在43 GHz的图像的无线电连续辐射从O Ceti,R狮子座,W Hya和精确定位他们的SiO脉泽发射相对于恒星。这三颗恒星的射电连续辐射区的直径都接近5.6天文单位。这些直径类似于在红外波长下测量的那些,在包含强分子不透明度的波段中,大约是在红外光谱的无线区域中测量的那些的两倍。因此,射电光球层和红外分子层似乎是同延的。43 GHz的连续辐射与1600 K附近的温度和H-负自由-自由相互作用的不透明度是一致的。虽然鲸鱼座o的连续图像看起来几乎是圆形的,但狮子座R和Hya W都显示出显着的伸长。所有三颗恒星的SiO脉泽都显示出直径接近8 AU的部分环。

英文摘要:

We have used the VLA at 43 GHz to image the radio continuum emission from o Ceti, R Leo, and W Hya and to precisely locate their SiO maser emission with respect to the star. The radio continuum emission region for all three stars has a diameter close to 5.6 AU. These diameters are similar to those measured at infrared wavelengths in bands containing strong molecular opacity and about twice those measured in line-free regions of the infrared spectrum. Thus, the radio photosphere and the infrared molecular layer appear to be coextensive. The 43 GHz continuum emission is consistent with temperatures near 1600 K and opacity from H-minus free-free interactions. While the continuum image of o Ceti appears nearly circular, both R Leo and W Hya display significant elongations. The SiO masers for all three stars show partial rings with diameters close to 8 AU.

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