用自适应光学成像冷超巨星NML天鹅座的尘埃拱星包层
Imaging the Cool Hypergiant NML Cygni's Dusty Circumstellar Envelope with Adaptive Optics
摘要：
我们目前的亚弧秒角分辨率，高斯特列尔比中红外自适应光学图像的强大的OH/IR源和冷超巨星NML天鹅在8.8，9.8和11.7微米。这些图像再次揭示了这颗恒星周围尘埃封套的复杂性。我们在空间上解决了物理结构（半径~0.14”，~240 AU，采用1.74 kpc的距离）负责NML天鹅座的深10微米的硅酸盐尘埃吸收功能。我们还发现了一个不对称的过剩，在距离约0.3”至0.5”（约520至870 AU），从恒星西北。这种多余的颜色与热的、光学上薄的尘埃的热发射相一致。这种过剩是在天鹅座OB 2星协的方向，很可能是由于NML天鹅座的尘埃风与近紫外辐射通量从天鹅座OB 2内的大质量热恒星的中断。这种相互作用在我们之前的论文（Schuster et al. 2006）中进行了预测，以解释在光学波长下观察到的反向光解离区域的几何形状。
英文摘要：
We present sub-arcsec angular resolution, high-Strehl ratio mid-IR adaptive optics images of the powerful OH/IR source and cool hypergiant NML Cyg at 8.8, 9.8 and 11.7 um. These images reveal once more the complexity in the dusty envelope surrounding this star. We spatially resolve the physical structures (radius ~0.14", ~240 AU adopting a distance of 1.74 kpc) responsible for NML Cyg's deep 10 um silicate dust absorption feature. We also detect an asymmetric excess, at separations of ~0.3" to 0.5" (~520 to 870 AU), NW from the star. The colors of this excess are consistent with thermal emission of hot, optically thin dust. This excess is oriented in the direction of the Cyg OB2 stellar association, and is likely due to the disruption of NML Cyg's dusty wind with the near-UV radiation flux from the massive hot stars within Cyg OB2. This interaction was predicted in our previous paper (Schuster et al. 2006), to explain the geometry of an inverted photo-dissociation region observed at optical wavelengths.
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