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S型AGB星的星周分子谱线发射:质量损失率和SiO丰度

Circumstellar molecular line emission from S-type AGB stars: Mass-loss rates and SiO abundances

S. Ramstedt, F. L. Schoeier, H. Olofsson

摘要:

主要目的是获得可靠的质量损失率和星周SiO丰度的样本的40 S型AGB星的基础上新的多过渡CO和SiO无线电线观测。此外,将结果与M型AGB星和碳星的先前结果进行比较,以寻找化学类型的趋势。星周包层被假定为球对称的,并形成一个恒定的质量损失率。质量损失率估计拟合CO观测使用非本地,非LTE辐射转移代码。一旦拱星包层的物理性质被确定,相同的辐射转移代码被用来模拟所观察到的SiO线,以获得拱星丰度和SiO线发射区域的大小。我们已经估计了40 S型AGB星的质量损失率,并发现导出的质量损失率的分布类似于以前导出的类似样本的M型AGB星和碳星。估计的质量损失率也与相应的膨胀速度相关。总之,这表明在所有三种化学类型的AGB恒星中,质量损失是由相同的机制驱动的。此外,我们还估算了26颗S型AGB星的星周SiO相对于H2的丰度分数。推导出的SiO丰度,平均而言,约一个数量级高于恒星大气热平衡化学预测,表明非平衡化学过程决定了丰度的SiO在拱星信封。此外,与M型AGB星和碳星的结果的比较表明,对于一定的质量损失率,星周SiO丰度似乎独立(虽然有很大的分散)的C/O比。

英文摘要:

The main aim is to derive reliable mass-loss rates and circumstellar SiO abundances for a sample of 40 S-type AGB stars based on new multi-transitional CO and SiO radio line observations. In addition, the results are compared to previous results for M-type AGB stars and carbon stars to look for trends with chemical type. The circumstellar envelopes are assumed to be spherically symmetric and formed by a constant mass-loss rate. The mass-loss rates are estimated from fitting the CO observations using a non-local, non-LTE radiative transfer code. Once the physical properties of the circumstellar envelopes are determined, the same radiative transfer code is used to model the observed SiO lines in order to derive circumstellar abundances and the sizes of the SiO line-emitting regions. We have estimated mass-loss rates of 40 S-type AGB stars and find that the derived mass-loss rates have a distribution that resembles those previously derived for similar samples of M-type AGB stars and carbon stars. The estimated mass-loss rates also correlate well with the corresponding expansion velocity. In all, this indicates that the mass loss is driven by the same mechanism in all three chemical types of AGB stars. In addition, we have estimated the circumstellar fractional abundance of SiO relative to H2 in 26 of the sample S-type AGB stars. The derived SiO abundances are, on average, about an order of magnitude higher than predicted by stellar atmosphere thermal equilibrium chemistry, indicating that non-equilibrium chemical processes determines the abundance of SiO in the circumstellar envelope. Moreover, a comparison with the results for M-type AGB stars and carbon stars show that for a certain mass-loss rate, the circumstellar SiO abundance seems independent (although with a large scatter) of the C/O-ratio.

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