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宝瓶座一号M型AGB星EP的星周环境的详细视图。高分辨率ALMA和SPHERE观测

A detailed view on the circumstellar environment of the M-type AGB star EP Aquarii I. High-resolution ALMA and SPHERE observations

Ward Homan, Emily Cannon, Miguel Montargès, Anita M. S. Richards, Tom J. Millar, Leen Decin

摘要:

冷演化的恒星通过其密集的尘埃星风,对星际介质的富集有着重要的贡献。这些外流的高分辨率观测表明,它们具有高度的形态复杂性。我们观察了渐近巨星分支(AGB)的明星宝瓶座EP ALMA在波段6和VLT/SPHERE/ZIMPOL在四个过滤器可见。两种仪器的角分辨率均为0.025“。这些是对EP Aquarii的低分辨率2016 ALMA分析的后续观测,该分析显示其风具有近正面的,螺旋形的赤道密度增强,以及近极点的双锥形外流。在螺旋的底部,一氧化硅的发射显示了一个明显的发射空洞,大约在连续亮度峰值以西0.4“,这被认为与伴星的存在有关。新的ALMA数据更好地解决了内风,并揭示其形态观察CO是一致的流体动力同伴引起的扰动。假设由同伴的紫外光场的光解是负责在SiO中的发射空洞,我们推导出的光谱性质的暂定同伴从孔的大小。我们的结论是,最有可能的伴星候选者是一个质量在0.65到0.8 Msol之间的白矮星,尽管不能明确排除类似太阳的伴星。径向SiO发射表现出周期性的低振幅扰动。我们初步认为,它们可能是AGB风与另一个更近的低质量伴星相互作用的结果。偏振的SPHERE/ZIMPOL数据显示,AGB星周围有一个半径为0.1“的圆形信号。

英文摘要:

Cool evolved stars are known to be significant contributors to the enrichment of the interstellar medium through their dense and dusty stellar winds. High resolution observations of these outflows have shown them to possess high degrees of morphological complexity. We observed the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) star EP Aquarii with ALMA in band 6 and VLT/SPHERE/ZIMPOL in four filters the visible. Both instruments had an angular resolution of 0.025''. These are follow-up observations to the lower-resolution 2016 ALMA analysis of EP Aquarii, which revealed that its wind possesses a nearly face-on, spiral-harbouring equatorial density enhancement, with a nearly pole-on bi-conical outflow. At the base of the spiral, the SiO emission revealed a distinct emission void approximately 0.4'' to the west of the continuum brightness peak, which was proposed to be linked to the presence of a companion. The new ALMA data better resolve the inner wind and reveal that its morphology as observed in CO is consistent with hydrodynamical companion-induced perturbations. Assuming that photodissociation by the UV-field of the companion is responsible for the emission void in SiO, we deduced the spectral properties of the tentative companion from the size of the hole. We conclude that the most probable companion candidate is a white dwarf with a mass between 0.65 and 0.8 Msol , though a solar-like companion could not be definitively excluded. The radial SiO emission shows periodic, low-amplitude perturbations. We tentatively propose that they could be the consequence of the interaction of the AGB wind with another much closer low-mass companion. The polarised SPHERE/ZIMPOL data show a circular signal surrounding the AGB star with a radius of 0.1''...

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