Mira B Rejuvenated

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2006-06-19

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0606457v1

Astrophys.J.649:410-414,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, 3 figures, AASTEX v5.0, accepted by ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/506383

Recent ultraviolet spectra from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellites demonstrate that UV line and continuum fluxes observed from Mira B are increasing back towards the levels that the International Ultraviolet Explorer observed in 1979-1980 and 1990-1995, after having been found in a very low state by HST and FUSE in 1999-2001. The UV emission is associated with accretion of material onto Mira B from Mira A's massive wind, so the variability is presumably due to variations in accretion rate. From wind absorption features, we estimate a Mira B mass loss rate of 2.5e-12 M_sun/yr, indicating that Mira B's wind has increased in strength along with the accretion rate. The UV variability may be associated with a previously reported 14-year periodicity in Mira B's optical emission.

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