TEXES Observations of Betelgeuse: Dynamics and Thermodynamics of the Wind Acceleration Zone

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Dec 2004

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American Astronomical Society Meeting 205, #53.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 36, p.1425

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We have detected Fe II 17.94 & 24.52μ m, and Fe I 24.04μ m forbidden line emission in Betelgeuse (M2 Iab) using the Texas Echelon Cross Echelle Spectrograph (TEXES). These optically thin emission lines are resolved at R≃ 50,000 and provide new diagnostics of the dynamics and thermodynamics of the wind acceleration zone. The [Fe II] lines, from the first excited term (a\>4F), are sensitive to warm plasma where energy is deposited by currently unknown mechanisms into the wind flow. These diagnostics complement previous ISO observations which were sensitive to the cooler more extended atmosphere.
The turbulence observed in the forbidden lines is smaller than found in the chromosphere from the C II] 2325Å {}lines. We compare predictions from different semi-empirical models with the observed line profiles. We have also detected [Fe II] emission in two other M supergiants, 119 Tau and α Her.
This research was supported by NSF grant AST-0206367 and NASA grant NNG04GD33G. MJR acknowledges grants NSF 0307497 and NASA NNG04GG92G. TEXES was built and the observations funded by grants from NSF and Texas Advanced Research Program.

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