Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005aj....130..261m&link_type=abstract
The Astronomical Journal, Volume 130, Issue 1, pp. 261-268.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Stars: Circumstellar Matter, Stars: Agb And Post-Agb, Stars: Individual: Constellation Name: Ik Tauri, Stars: Individual: Constellation Name: Tx Camelopardalis
Scientific paper
I present results from a sensitive imaging search for CH3OH and C2H in two oxygen-rich stars (IK Taurus and TX Camelopardalis) carried out with the Owens Valley Millimeter Array. Neither CH3OH nor C2H are detected in these stars, in agreement with single-dish observations by Charnley and Latter. The observations place upper limits on the fractional abundance of C2H of 9.7×10-9 in IK Tau and 3.2×10-8 in TX Cam and also place upper limits on the fractional abundance of CH3OH of 4.5×10-9 in IK Tau and 1.1×10-8 in TX Cam. A chemical model developed by Charnley and coworkers explaining the presence of HCN in these objects is clearly ruled out by these observations. The HCN distribution in these oxygen-rich stars has been mapped with a resolution of ~3". The HCN emission is marginally resolved, centrally concentrated, and does not appear to be well fitted by a thin-shell model. Continuum fluxes for the sources have been measured. At 96.7 GHz, the observed continuum fluxes were 6.1+/-0.4 mJy for IK Tau and 3.7+/-0.4 mJy for TX Cam. The continuum emission is unresolved at the ~3" level, as expected from a model for the emission mechanism proposed by Reid and Menten.
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