Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Mar 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993apj...406..199k&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 406, no. 1, p. 199-214.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
62
Infrared Spectra, Line Shape, Molecular Spectra, Stellar Envelopes, Variable Stars, Acetylene, Ammonia, Silicon Oxides, Stellar Mass Ejection
Scientific paper
The 10 micron spectrum (780-1240/cm) has been surveyed with a resolution of 0.009/cm. Numerous molecular vibration-rotation transitions were detected in absorption by the circumstellar shell. Analysis of the line profiles by means of spectral synthesis from models revealed radial abundance ratio variations in some species. SiO is approximately uniformly mixed through the inner shell. SiH4 and NH3 are apparently produced in the region 10 to 40 R(*), possibly by formation on grains. CS is very strongly depleted in the region 100-1000 R(*), perhaps onto grains. From nondetection of H2 the current mass-loss rate is constrained to be less than 4 x 10 exp -5 solar mass/yr. Gathering evidence for a recent decline in the mass-loss rate is strengthened by analysis of the low-excitation heterodyne NH3 line observation, which indicates that the mass-loss rate may have been 2-3 x larger 1000 yr ago.
Keady John Joseph
Ridgway Stephen T.
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