VISIR/VLT and VLA joint imaging analysis of the circumstellar nebula around IRAS~18576+0341

Details VISIR/VLT and VLA joint imaging analysis of the circumstellar nebula around IRAS~18576+0341 VISIR/VLT and VLA joint imaging analysis of the circumstellar nebula around IRAS~18576+0341

2010-08-05

arxiv.org/abs/1008.0997v1

ApJ 721 (2010) 1404-1411

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

26 pages, 8 figures. Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1088/0004-637X/721/2/1404

High spatial and sensitivity images of the Luminous Blue Variable IRAS 18576+0341 were obtained using the mid infrared imager VISIR at the Very Large Telescope and the Very Large Array interferometer. The resulting mid-infrared continuum maps show a similar clumpy and approximately circular symmetric nebula, which contrasts sharply with the asymmetry that characterizes the ionized component of the envelope, as evidenced from the radio and [Ne II] line images obtained with comparable spatial resolution. In particular, there is excellent overall agreement between the 12.8 micron map and the radio images, consistent with free-free emission from circumstellar ionized material surrounding a central stellar wind. The color temperature and optical depth maps obtained from mid-infrared images show only slight fluctuations, suggesting quite uniform dust characteristics over the dust shell. We explore various possibilities to understand the cause of the different morphology of the dusty and gaseous component of the circumstellar envelope which are compatible with the observations.

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