Evidence for Pulsation-Driven Mass Loss from delta Cephei

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2011-12-03

arxiv.org/abs/1112.0619v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Proceeding submitted for the 20th Stellar Pulsation Conference (Impact of New Instruments and Insights in Stellar Pulsation),

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We found the first direct evidence that the Cepheid class namesake, delta Cephei, is currently losing mass. These observations are based on data obtained with the Spitzer Space Telescope in the infrared, and with the Very Large Array in the radio. We found that delta Cephei is associated with a vast circumstellar structure, reminiscent of a bow shock. This structure is created as the wind from the star interacts with the local interstellar medium. We measure an outflow velocity of ~35.5 km/s and a mass loss rate of ~1E-7 - 1E-6 Mo/yr. The very low dust content of the outflow suggests that the wind is possibly pulsation-driven, rather than dust-driven as common for other classes of evolved stars.

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