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低金属丰度时红超巨星的质量损失率:大麦云云中两颗红超巨星旋转CO发射的探测

The mass-loss rates of red supergiants at low metallicity: Detection of rotational CO emission from two red supergiants in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Mikako Matsuura, B. Sargent, Bruce Swinyard, Jeremy Yates, P. Royer, M. J. Barlow, Martha Boyer, L. Decin, Theo Khouri, Margaret Meixner, Jacco Th. van Loon, Paul M. Woods

摘要:

利用赫歇尔空间天文台的PACS和SPIRE光谱仪,我们获得了大麦云(LMC)中两颗红超巨星(RSG)的光谱。从IRAS 05280-6910中检测到多条旋转CO发射线(J=6-5至15-14)和15条H2O线,从WOH G64中检测到一条CO线。这是第一次在LMC的演化恒星中检测到CO旋转线。它们的CO谱线强度与银河系的RSG、VY CMa一样强。通过对CO谱线和光谱能量分布的建模,估算出IRAS 05280-6910的质量损失率为每年3 × 10 ^-4兆太阳。该模型假设了一个气体-尘埃比和一个CO-H2丰度比是从由LMC金属丰度([Fe/H]~-0.3)标度的银河值估计的,即,在模型的不确定性范围内,银河系和LMC金属丰度的CO-尘埃比是恒定的。确定CO谱线强度和质量损失率的关键因素是恒星的光度。

英文摘要:

Using the PACS and SPIRE spectrometers on-board the Herschel Space Observatory, we obtained spectra of two red supergiants (RSGs) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Multiple rotational CO emission lines (J=6-5 to 15-14) and 15 H2O lines were detected from IRAS 05280-6910, and one CO line was detected from WOH G64. This is the first time CO rotational lines have been detected from evolved stars in the LMC. Their CO line intensities are as strong as those of the Galactic RSG, VY CMa. Modelling the CO lines and the spectral energy distribution results in an estimated mass-loss rate for IRAS 05280-6910 of 3x10^-4 Msun per yr. The model assumes a gas-to-dust ratio and a CO-to-H2 abundance ratio is estimated from the Galactic values scaled by the LMC metallicity ([Fe/H]~-0.3), i.e., that the CO-to-dust ratio is constant for Galactic and LMC metallicities within the uncertainties of the model. The key factor determining the CO line intensities and the mass-loss rate found to be the stellar luminosity.

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