Shock fronts in the symbiotic system BI Crucis

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2009-03-23

arxiv.org/abs/0903.3865v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

13 pages, 9 figures, 2 tables; accepted for publication in MNRAS

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We investigate the symbiotic star BI Crucis through a comprehensive and self-consistent analysis of the spectra emitted in three different epochs: 60's, 70's, and late 80's. In particular, we would like to find out the physical conditions in the shocked nebula and in the dust shells, as well as their location within the symbiotic system, by exploiting both photometric and spectroscopic data from radio to UV. We suggest a model which, on the basis of optical imaging, emission line ratios and spectral energy distribution profile, is able to account for collision of the winds, formation of lobes and jets by accretion onto the WD, as well as for the interaction of the blast wave from a past, unrecorded outburst with the ISM. We have found that the spectra observed throughout the years show the marks of the different processes at work within BI Cru, perhaps signatures of a post-outburst evolution. We then call for new infrared and millimeter observations, potentially able to resolve the inner structure of the symbiotic nebula.

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