Submillimeter vibrationally excited water emission from the peculiar red supergiant VY CMa

Details Submillimeter vibrationally excited water emission from the peculiar red supergiant VY CMa Submillimeter vibrationally excited water emission from the peculiar red supergiant VY CMa

2006-06-02

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0606057v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

APEX A&A special issue, accepted

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20065458

Vibrationally excited emission from the SiO and H2O molecules probes the innermost circumstellar envelopes of oxygen-rich red giant and supergiant stars. VY CMa is the most prolific known stellar emission source in these molecules. Observations were made to search for rotational lines in the lowest vibrationally excited state of H2O. The APEX telescope was used for observations of H2O lines at frequencies around 300 GHz. Two vibrationally excited H2O lines were detected, a third one could not be found. In one of the lines we find evidence for weak maser action, similar to known (sub)millimeter H2O lines. We find that the other line's intensity is consistent with thermal excitation by the circumstellar infrared radiation field. Several SiO lines were detected together with the H2O lines.

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