Observations of Late-Type Variable Stars in the Water Vapor Radio Line. The Long-Period Variable R Cassiopeia

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May 2004

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Astronomy Reports, vol. 48, Issue 5, p.380-392

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Observations of circumstellar maser emission from the long-period variable R Cas in the 1.35-cm water-vapor line are reported. The observations were carried out on the 22-m radio telescope of the Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory in 1980 2003 (JD=2444409 2452724). Over the 23 years of observations, strong flares in the H2O line profile were recorded in 1982 (with a peak flux density up to 400 Jy) and 1986 1989 (up to 750 Jy). Subsequently, from 1990 to March 2003, the H2O line flux was usually below the detection threshold of the radio telescope (<5 10 Jy). Episodic small increases of the emission with peak flux densities of 20 60 Jy were observed. The variations of the H2O line flux F are correlated with variations in the visual brightness of the star. The phase delay Δγ of the F variations relative to the optical light curve of R Cas ranged from 0.2 0.3P during the observations (P=430.46d is the star's period). A model for the variability of the H2O maser in R Cas is discussed. If the variations are due to periodic impacts by shock waves driven by the stellar pulsations, the time for the shock to travel from the photosphere to the inner boundary of the H2O-masing shell may reach 2 4P. The flares could be due to transient episodes of enhanced mass loss by the star or to the propagation of an exceptionally strong shock from the stellar surface.

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