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2011MNRAS.414.1195B - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 414, 1195-1206 (2011/June-3)
Very large telescope interferometer observations of the dust geometry around r coronae Borealis stars.
BRIGHT S.N., CHESNEAU O., CLAYTON G.C., DE MARCO O., LEAO I.C., NORDHAUS J. and GALLAGHER J.S.
Abstract (from CDS):
We carried out high angular resolution interferometric observations of three RCB stars, namely RY Sgr, V CrA and V854 Cen, with the mid-infrared interferometer (MIDI) on the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI), using two telescope pairs. The baselines ranged from 30 to 60 m, allowing us to probe the dusty environment at very small spatial scales (∼50 mas or 400R*). The observations of the RCB star dust environments were interpreted using both geometrical models and one-dimensional radiative transfer codes.
From our analysis, we find that asymmetric circumstellar material is apparent in RY Sgr, may also exist in V CrA and is possible for V854 Cen. Overall, we find that our observations are consistent with dust forming in clumps ejected randomly around the RCB star so that over time they create a spherically symmetric distribution of dust. However, we conclude that the determination of whether there is a preferred plane of dust ejection must wait until a time series of observations are obtained.
Abstract Copyright: 2011 The Authors Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society2011 RAS
Journal keyword(s): techniques: high angular resolution - techniques: interferometric - stars: individual: RY Sgr - stars: individual: V CrA - stars: individual: V854 Cen - stars: mass-loss
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