Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-03-23
Astron.Astrophys.345:841,1999
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
7 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
We have modelled radio and far-infrared rotational lines of 12^CO and 13^CO obtained from the circumstellar envelope of the infrared-bright carbon star IRAS 15194-5115. Eleven rotational lines between J=1-0 and 21-20 and nine rotational lines between J=1-0 and 22-21 in the ground vibrational states of 12^CO and 13^CO, respectively, provide the observational constraints. A model of the circumstellar envelope with a constant mass-loss rate (1 10^-5Msun/yr) and 12^CO/13^CO-ratio (5.5) is consistent with our observed FIR and radio data, suggesting that the wind characteristics have not changed significantly over the past few thousand years. Thus, IRAS 15194-5115 appears to be a highly evolved AGB-star, but the carbon star properties combined with the inferred low 12^C/13^C-ratio make the evolutionary status of this star uncertain. It may have been a J-star for which the 12^C}/13^C-ratio has remained low, or it may be a star of 5 to 8 solar masses, which has recently become a carbon star due to quenching of hot bottom burning. The dust properties or the relative amount of dust in the envelope appear to be different from those in the envelope of the well known carbon star IRC+10 216.
Olofsson Hans
Ryde Nils
Schoeier Fredrik L.
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