Jet activity in the symbiotic variable R Aquarii

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Radio Jets (Astronomy), Stellar Spectra, Symbiotic Stars, Ultraviolet Spectra, Astronomical Maps, Binary Stars, Collimation, Iue, Photoionization, Very Large Array (Vla)

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Low-resolution ultraviolet spectra of the R Aquarii jet have been obtained with the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE). The most recent IUE observations indicate the ionization state of the jet is increasing. Subarcsecond, Very Large Array observations of R Aquarii have resolved the radio-continuum structure into discrete parcels of emission that are extended and nearly collinear. R Aquarii provides evidence that indicates stellar jet activity is not unique to objects associated with high-energy emission processes alone. Rather, the nature of the aligned radio-optical features that comprise the R Aquarii jet indicate that directional mass expulsion, in the form of discrete-collimated ejecta, probably reflect a general, underlying, physical process associated with a wide variety of peculiar stellar objects. As such, the R Aquarii jet constitutes a prototype for jet activity in composite or peculiar emission stars.

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