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SiO masers in red giants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

E. M. L. Humphreys
E. M. L. Humphreys*
Affiliation:
Onsala Space Observatory, S-439 92 Onsala, Sweden

Abstract

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In recent years, it has become possible to trace rapid structural changes occurring in the extended atmospheres of red giant stars through VLBI monitoring of SiO masers. The observations reveal a complex picture. Firstly, material is predominantly outflowing, but also infalls towards the star, in a pulsating inner envelope periodically disrupted by shocks. Secondly, circular polarization measurements may indicate that the inner circumstellar envelope is permeated by a magnetic field strong enough to be of dynamical importance. Finally, towards a few stars, observations also show evidence for rotation of the SiO maser region. Current SiO maser models can reproduce many of the key features of circumstellar SiO maser emission, and have successfully predicted e.g. the infall of SiO masing gas and the observed spatial separation of v = 1 and v = 2 43 GHz masers. However, both stellar hydrodynamical and maser codes need to increase in complexity in order to model fully these regions. In this review I will discuss the current developments in circumstellar SiO maser observations and models.

Type
Part 2. Stellar Masers
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 206: Cosmic Masers: From Protostars to Blackholes , 2002 , pp. 266 - 273
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002 

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