A Pilot Imaging Line Survey of RW LMi and IK Tau Using the Expanded Very large Array

Details A Pilot Imaging Line Survey of RW LMi and IK Tau Using the Expanded Very large Array A Pilot Imaging Line Survey of RW LMi and IK Tau Using the Expanded Very large Array

2011-06-29

arxiv.org/abs/1106.6064v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

ApJ Letters Special EVLA Issue

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We report on a pilot imaging line survey (36.0 - 37.0 GHz, with ~1 km/s spectral channels) with the Expanded Very Large Array for two asymptotic giant branch stars, RW LMi (= CIT6, which has a carbon-rich circumstellar envelope) and IK Tau (= NML Tau, with an oxygen-rich circumstellar envelope). Radio continuum emission consistent with photospheric emission was detected from both stars. From RW LMi we imaged the HC3N (J = 4 -> 3) emission. The images show several partial rings of emission; these multiple shells trace the evolution of the CSE from 400 to 1200 years. SiS (J = 2 -> 1) emission was detected from both RW LMi and IK Tau. For both stars the SiS emission is centrally condensed with the peak line emission coincident with the stellar radio continuum emission. In addition, we have detected weak HC7N (J = 32 -> 31) emission from RW LMi.

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