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arXiv 2008.06897astro-ph.SR
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不变星OH/IR的长期近红外增亮

Long-Term Near-Infrared Brightening of Non-Variable OH/IR Stars

Takafumi Kamizuka, Yoshikazu Nakada, Kenshi Yanagisawa, Ryou Ohsawa, Yoshifusa Ita, Hideyuki Izumiura, Hiroyuki Mito, Hiroki Onozato, Kentaro Asano, Toshiya Ueta, Takashi Miyata

摘要:

不变OH/IR星被认为刚刚离开渐近巨星分支(AGB)阶段。在这张传统的照片中,它们仍然显示出强烈的星周消光,这是由AGB阶段喷出的尘埃造成的,而且消光预计会随着时间的推移而减少,因为在恒星质量损失停止后,星周尘埃会分散。消光的减少使恒星随着时间的推移变得明显更亮更蓝,特别是在近红外(NIR)范围内。我们使用2 MASS,UKIDSS和OAOWFC的调查数据来寻找这样的长期增亮的不变OH/IR星。结果,我们得到了16颗不变OH/IR星中的6颗在20年(1997-2017年)内拍摄的多历元NIR数据,发现所有6颗天体都在变亮。5个天体的K波段增亮率变化范围为0.010 ~ 0.130磁年$^{-1}$,用常规图象合理地解释了这一变化。然而,一颗OH/IR星,OH 31.0 -0.2,显示出快速的增亮,这不能仅仅用尘埃壳的分散来解释。多色(J-,H-和K-波段)数据获得三个对象,OH25.1-0.3,OH53.6-0.2和OH77.9+0.2。令人惊讶的是,它们似乎都没有变蓝,而OH 53.6 -0.2在(J-K)中被发现以0.013等/年$^{-1}$的速率变红。我们的发现还暗示了其他机制,比如恒星性质(温度或光度)的快速变化,或者新一批尘埃颗粒的产生。

英文摘要:

Non-variable OH/IR stars are thought to have just left the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) phase. In this conventional picture, they must still show strong circumstellar extinction caused by the dust ejected during the AGB phase, and the extinction is expected to decrease over time because of the dispersal of the circumstellar dust after the cessation of the stellar mass loss. The reduction of the extinction makes the stars become apparently brighter and bluer with time especially in the near-infrared (NIR) range. We look for such long-term brightening of non-variable OH/IR stars by using 2MASS, UKIDSS, and OAOWFC survey data. As a result, we get multi-epoch NIR data taken over a 20-year period (1997-2017) for 6 of 16 non-variable OH/IR stars, and all six objects are found to be brightening. The K-band brightening rate of five objects ranges from 0.010 to 0.130 mag yr$^{-1}$, which is reasonably explained with the conventional picture. However, one OH/IR star, OH31.0-0.2, shows a rapid brightening, which cannot be explained only by the dispersal of the dust shell. Multi-color (J-, H-, and K-band) data are obtained for three objects, OH25.1-0.3, OH53.6-0.2, and OH77.9+0.2. Surprisingly, none of them appears to have become bluer, and OH53.6-0.2 is found to have been reddened with a rate of 0.013 mag yr$^{-1}$ in (J-K). Our findings suggest other mechanisms such as rapid changes in stellar properties (temperature or luminosity) or a generation of a new batch of dust grains.

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