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渐进巨分支星的HI成像调查

An HI Imaging Survey of Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars

L. D. Matthews, T. Le Bertre, E. Gerard, M. C. Johnson

摘要:

我们提出了一个成像研究的八个渐近巨星分支(AGB)星在HI 21厘米线的样本。使用从甚大阵列的观测,我们已经明确地检测到HI发射与扩展拱星信封的六个目标。检测到的HI质量范围为M_HI ~ 0.015-0.055 M_sun。HI的形态和运动学是多种多样的,但在所有情况下,似乎显着影响的拱星信封和周围介质之间的相互作用。四颗恒星(RX Lep,Y UMa,Y CVn和V1942 Sgr)被分离的HI壳层包围,直径从0.36到0.76 pc。我们解释这些壳层是由于恒星外流中夹带的物质在与当地介质相遇的终止激波处突然减速而产生的。RX Lep和TX Psc是两颗具有中等高空间速度(V_space>56 km/s)的恒星,表现出扩展的气体尾流(在天空平面中约为0.3和0.6 pc),在空间中尾随它们的运动。另一颗被探测到的恒星R Peg,显示出一种特殊的“马蹄形”HI形态,其发射扩展到~1.7 pc的尺度;在这种情况下,星周碎片可能被当地星际介质中的横向流动扭曲。我们简要地讨论了我们的新结果的背景下,整个样本的演化恒星已在HI成像。

英文摘要:

We present an imaging study of a sample of eight asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars in the HI 21-cm line. Using observations from the Very Large Array, we have unambiguously detected HI emission associated with the extended circumstellar envelopes of six of the targets. The detected HI masses range from M_HI ~ 0.015-0.055 M_sun. The HI morphologies and kinematics are diverse, but in all cases appear to be significantly influenced by the interaction between the circumstellar envelope and the surrounding medium. Four stars (RX Lep, Y UMa, Y CVn, and V1942 Sgr) are surrounded by detached HI shells ranging from 0.36 to 0.76 pc across. We interpret these shells as resulting from material entrained in a stellar outflow being abruptly slowed at a termination shock where it meets the local medium. RX Lep and TX Psc, two stars with moderately high space velocities (V_space>56 km/s), exhibit extended gaseous wakes (~0.3 and 0.6 pc in the plane of the sky), trailing their motion through space. The other detected star, R Peg, displays a peculiar "horseshoe-shaped" HI morphology with emission extended on scales up to ~1.7 pc; in this case, the circumstellar debris may have been distorted by transverse flows in the local interstellar medium. We briefly discuss our new results in the context of the entire sample of evolved stars that has been imaged in HI to date.

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