Mass Loss from Evolved Stars and Submillimeter Observations

1988 ◽  
pp. 189-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Jura
Keyword(s):  
Mass Loss ◽  
Evolved Stars

scholarly journals MESS (Mass-loss of Evolved StarS), aHerschelkey program

2011 ◽  
Vol 526 ◽  
pp. A162 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. T. Groenewegen ◽  
C. Waelkens ◽  
M. J. Barlow ◽  
F. Kerschbaum ◽  
P. Garcia-Lario ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Loss ◽  
Evolved Stars

scholarly journals Hot and cold running water: understanding evolved star winds

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (S336) ◽  
pp. 347-350
Author(s):  
A. M. S. Richards ◽  
M. D. Gray ◽  
A. Baudry ◽  
E. M. L. Humphreys ◽  
S. Etoka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Loss ◽  
Circumstellar Envelope ◽  
Number Density ◽  
Running Water ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
Evolved Stars ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Homogeneous Regions ◽  
Maser Sources

AbstractOutstanding problems concerning mass-loss from evolved stars include initial wind acceleration and what determines the clumping scale. Reconstructing physical conditions from maser data has been highly uncertain due to the exponential amplification. ALMA and e-MERLIN now provide image cubes for five H2O maser transitions around VY CMa, at spatial resolutions comparable to the size of individual clouds or better, covering excitation states from 204 to 2360 K. We use the model of Gray et al. 2016, to constrain variations of number density and temperature on scales of a few au, an order of magnitude finer than is possible with thermal lines, comparable to individual cloud sizes or locally almost homogeneous regions. We compare results with the models of Decin et al. 2006 and Matsuura et al. 2014 for the circumstellar envelope of VY CMa; in later work this will be extended to other maser sources.

scholarly journals Molecular gas around the Wolf-Rayet star WR 18 (WN4)

2003 ◽  
Vol 212 ◽  
pp. 732-733
Author(s):  
Anthony P. Marston
Keyword(s):  
Mass Loss ◽  
Optical Emission ◽  
Emission Lines ◽  
Molecular Gas ◽  
Evolved Stars ◽  
Ring Nebula ◽  
History Of ◽  
Optical Ring ◽  
Ring Nebulae ◽  
Rayet Star

Optically observed ring nebulae and H i cavities around Wolf-Rayet stars have enabled us to obtain information on the history of mass-loss associated with these massive evolved stars. However, such studies have left a number of unanswered questions regarding the amount of mass-loss and the conditions of the stars during a sequence of mass-loss phases. Here we discuss the molecular gas environments of the WR star WR 18, which has an associated optical ring nebula NGC 3199. Our observations show that significant amounts of molecular gas appear close to and associated with the star. Mapping of molecular CO near the star shows that molecular materials appear to substantially avoid areas of optical emission and, instead, form a distorted clumpy shell interior to NGC 3199. Molecular emission lines are broader than lines seen in the interstellar medium and suggest the shell is composed of ejecta. This is further corroborated by the enhanced abundances of molecules containing C, N and O. Implications of the observations for the evolution of WR 18 are discussed.

scholarly journals Warm CO in evolved stars from the THROES catalogue

2019 ◽  
Vol 622 ◽  
pp. A123 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. da Silva Santos ◽  
J. Ramos-Medina ◽  
C. Sánchez Contreras ◽  
P. García-Lario
Keyword(s):  
Mass Loss ◽  
Loss Rate ◽  
Mass Loss Rate ◽  
Asymptotic Giant Branch ◽  
Strong Line ◽  
Order Estimate ◽  
Evolved Stars ◽  
Flux Variability ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Loss Rates

Context. This is the second paper of a series making use of Herschel/PACS spectroscopy of evolved stars in the THROES catalogue to study the inner warm regions of their circumstellar envelopes (CSEs). Aims. We analyse the CO emission spectra, including a large number of high-J CO lines (from J = 14–13 to J = 45–44, ν = 0), as a proxy for the warm molecular gas in the CSEs of a sample of bright carbon-rich stars spanning different evolutionary stages from the asymptotic giant branch to the young planetary nebulae phase. Methods. We used the rotational diagram (RD) technique to derive rotational temperatures (Trot) and masses (MH2) of the envelope layers where the CO transitions observed with PACS arise. Additionally, we obtained a first order estimate of the mass-loss rates and assessed the impact of the opacity correction for a range of envelope characteristic radii. We used multi-epoch spectra for the well-studied C-rich envelope IRC+10216 to investigate the impact of CO flux variability on the values of Trot and MH2. Results. The sensitivity of PACS allowed for the study of higher rotational numbers than before indicating the presence of a significant amount of warmer gas (∼200 − 900 K) that is not traceable with lower J CO observations at submillimetre/millimetre wavelengths. The masses are in the range MH2 ∼ 10−2 − 10−5 M⊙, anticorrelated with temperature. For some strong CO emitters we infer a double temperature (warm T¯rot ∼ 400 K and hot T¯rot ∼ 820 K) component. From the analysis of IRC+10216, we corroborate that the effect of line variability is perceptible on the Trot of the hot component only, and certainly insignificant on MH2 and, hence, the mass-loss rate. The agreement between our mass-loss rates and the literature across the sample is good. Therefore, the parameters derived from the RD are robust even when strong line flux variability occurs, and the major source of uncertainty in the estimate of the mass-loss rate is the size of the CO-emitting volume.

scholarly journals A search for radio emission from exoplanets around evolved stars

2018 ◽  
Vol 612 ◽  
pp. A52 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. O’Gorman ◽  
C. P. Coughlan ◽  
W. Vlemmings ◽  
E. Varenius ◽  
S. Sirothia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radio Emission ◽  
Mass Loss ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Large Mass ◽  
Low Frequencies ◽  
Surface Magnetic Field ◽  
Evolved Stars ◽  
Upper Limits ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Loss Rates

The majority of searches for radio emission from exoplanets have to date focused on short period planets, i.e., the so-called hot Jupiter type planets. However, these planets are likely to be tidally locked to their host stars and may not generate sufficiently strong magnetic fields to emit electron cyclotron maser emission at the low frequencies used in observations (typically ≥150 MHz). In comparison, the large mass-loss rates of evolved stars could enable exoplanets at larger orbital distances to emit detectable radio emission. Here, we first show that the large ionized mass-loss rates of certain evolved stars relative to the solar value could make them detectable with the LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) at 150 MHz (λ = 2 m), provided they have surface magnetic field strengths >50 G. We then report radio observations of three long period (>1 au) planets that orbit the evolved stars β Gem, ι Dra, and β UMi using LOFAR at 150 MHz. We do not detect radio emission from any system but place tight 3σ upper limits of 0.98, 0.87, and 0.57 mJy on the flux density at 150 MHz for β Gem, ι Dra, and β UMi, respectively. Despite our non-detections these stringent upper limits highlight the potential of LOFAR as a tool to search for exoplanetary radio emission at meter wavelengths.

Infrared emission and mass loss from evolved stars in elliptical galaxies

1992 ◽  
Vol 399 ◽  
pp. 76 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. R. Knapp ◽  
J. E. Gunn ◽  
C. G. Wynn-Williams
Keyword(s):  
Mass Loss ◽  
Elliptical Galaxies ◽  
Infrared Emission ◽  
Evolved Stars

Stellar mass loss and atmospheric Instability

1988 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 102-113
Author(s):  
Cornelis de Jager ◽  
Hans Nieuwenhuijzen
Keyword(s):  
Mass Loss ◽  
Radiation Pressure ◽  
Stellar Mass ◽  
Stellar Winds ◽  
Evolved Stars ◽  
Upper Limit ◽  
Atmospheric Instability ◽  
Turbulent Pressure ◽  
Loss Component ◽  
Break Up

AbstractA review is given of rate of mass-loss values in the upper part of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. Near the luminosity limit of stellar existance = −10−4 M⊙ yr−1. Episodical mass loss in bright variable super- and hypergiants does not significantly increase this value. For Wolf-Rayet stars the rate of mass loss is larger by a factor 140 than for non-evolved stars with the same Teff and L; for C stars this factor is ten. This can be explained qualitatively. Rotation appears hardly to influence the rate of mass loss except for vrot-values close to the break-up velocity. This is in accordance with theory. We suggest the existence of a Red Supergiant Branch; along that branch mass loss is virtually independent of luminosity. Stellar winds along the upper limit of stellar existence are mainly due: to radiation pressure for hot supergiants (≳ 10 000 K); to turbulent pressure for cool supergiants (3000-10 000 K), and to dust-driven and pulsation-driven winds for cooler stars. The turbulent pressure may originate in largescale stochastic motions as observed in Alpha Cyg. Episodical mass loss, as observed in P Cyg, HR 8752 and other Very Luminous Variables may be due to occasional violent stochastic motions, resulting in a shock-driven episodical mass-loss component.

scholarly journals The mass-loss return from evolved stars to the Large Magellanic Cloud

2011 ◽  
Vol 532 ◽  
pp. A54 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Srinivasan ◽  
B. A. Sargent ◽  
M. Meixner
Keyword(s):  
Mass Loss ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Evolved Stars

scholarly journals THE MASS-LOSS RETURN FROM EVOLVED STARS TO THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD. II. DUST PROPERTIES FOR OXYGEN-RICH ASYMPTOTIC GIANT BRANCH STARS

2010 ◽  
Vol 716 (1) ◽  
pp. 878-890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin A. Sargent ◽  
S. Srinivasan ◽  
M. Meixner ◽  
F. Kemper ◽  
A. G. G. M. Tielens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Loss ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Asymptotic Giant Branch ◽  
Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars ◽  
Evolved Stars ◽  
Giant Branch Stars
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