The formation and annealing of circumstellar dust, as gauged by IRAS low-resolution spectra and the microwave maser chronology

Details The formation and annealing of circumstellar dust, as gauged by IRAS low-resolution spectra and the microwave maser chronology The formation and annealing of circumstellar dust, as gauged by IRAS low-resolution spectra and the microwave maser chronology

Feb 1990

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 350, Feb. 20, 1990, p. L45-L48.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

62

Cosmic Dust, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, Interstellar Masers, Microwave Emission, Mira Variables, Stellar Envelopes, Infrared Sources (Astronomy), Maser Outputs, Stellar Evolution

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By comparing IRAS mean colors and LRS spectral differences in a large sample of Mira variables with the chronological sequence for development of microwave maser emission among such stars, it appears possible to describe a dust grain formation and annealing sequence. The early time spectra are dominated by aluminum oxides, which are then overrun by the emergence of silicates. Rather than the growth of silicate mantles on aluminate cores, this sequence is interpreted as a simple result of the higher electron affinity of aluminum for oxygen, resulting in an initial abundance of AlO bonds in the underoxidized grains. Once all the Al becomes fully oxidized, the relative abundances of Al and Si dictate that the AlO signature will be swamped by the growth of the SiO stretching fundamental. The correlations among the proposed dust chronology, the increasingly thick circumstellar envelopes, and the light curve asymmetries of Mira variables are instructive for understanding the evolutionary changes occurring in such stars.

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