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超巨星B[e]星Wd1-9的ALMA观测

ALMA observations of the supergiant B[e] star Wd1-9

D. Fenech, J. S. Clark, R. K. Prinja, J. C. Morford, S. Dougherty, R. Blomme

摘要:

大质量恒星的质量损失在它们的演化中起着关键作用,尽管精确的机制-辐射驱动风,脉冲喷射和/或二元相互作用-仍然不确定。在本文中,我们提出的ALMA线和连续观测的超巨星B[e]星Wd 1 -9,一个巨大的后主序星对象位于星爆集群韦斯特隆德1。我们发现它是天空中最亮的恒星点源之一,波长为毫米,发射(偶然发现)在H41 α无线电复合线。我们将这些特性归因于低速(约100 km/s)电离风,其极端质量损失率为6.4x10^-5(d/5 kpc)^1.5 Msol/yr。在它的外部是一个扩展的非球面喷射星云,这表明它在之前的阶段有显著的质量损失。综合分析,Wd 1 -9的毫米波性质与高亮度恒星源MWC 349 A的毫米波性质具有显著的相似性,我们认为它们是远离主序星演化的相互作用双星,并经历着快速的Case-A质量转移。因此,它们-以及更广泛的超巨星B[e]星-可能提供一个独特的窗口,以了解一个过程的物理学,该过程塑造了在双星系统中发现的约70%的大质量恒星的生命周期。

英文摘要:

Mass-loss in massive stars plays a critical role in their evolution, although the precise mechanism(s) responsible - radiatively driven winds, impulsive ejection and/or binary interaction -remain uncertain. In this paper we present ALMA line and continuum observations of the supergiant B[e] star Wd1-9, a massive post-Main Sequence object located within the starburst cluster Westerlund 1. We find it to be one of the brightest stellar point sources in the sky at millimetre wavelengths, with (serendipitously identified) emission in the H41alpha radio recombination line. We attribute these properties to a low velocity (~100 km/s) ionised wind, with an extreme mass-loss rate 6.4x10^-5(d/5kpc)^1.5 Msol/yr. External to this is an extended aspherical ejection nebula indicative of a prior phase of significant mass-loss. Taken together, the millimetre properties of Wd1-9 show a remarkable similarity to those of the highly luminous stellar source MWC349A.We conclude that these objects are interacting binaries evolving away from the main sequence and undergoing rapid case-A mass transfer. As such they - and by extension the wider class of supergiant B[e] stars - may provide a unique window into the physics of a process that shapes the life-cycle of ~70% of massive stars found in binary systems.

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