Interaction of dust and radiation in circumstellar envelopes. I - The expansion velocity gradient in the envelope of VX Sagittarii

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Cosmic Dust, Late Stars, Red Giant Stars, Stellar Envelopes, Stellar Mass Ejection, Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars, Infrared Radiation, Opacity, Radiation Pressure, Sagittarius Constellation

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The phenomenon of acceleration of mass outflows from red giants is discussed. IT is shown that radiation pressure on growing grains cannot explain the observed radial increase in the outflow velocity, at least in extreme cases such as VX Sagittarii. It is shown, however, that secondary IR emission by dust might account for the observed gradient, if we assume an appropriate temperature field, and hence such a gradient must be common to many red giants.

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