Hostname: page-component-6766d58669-kn6lq Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2026-05-22T12:44:32.130Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Dust-forming molecules in VY Canis Majoris (and Betelgeuse)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2013

T. Kamiński ,
C.A. Gottlieb ,
M.R. Schmidt ,
N.A. Patel ,
K.H. Young ,
K.M. Menten ,
S. Brünken ,
H.S.P. Müller ,
J.M. Winters  and
M.C. McCarthy
T. Kamiński
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
C.A. Gottlieb
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, USA
M.R. Schmidt
Affiliation:
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Rabiańska 8, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
N.A. Patel
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, USA
K.H. Young
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, USA
K.M. Menten
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
S. Brünken
Affiliation:
I. Physikalisches Institut, Zülpicher Strasse 77, 50937 Köln, Germany
H.S.P. Müller
Affiliation:
I. Physikalisches Institut, Zülpicher Strasse 77, 50937 Köln, Germany
J.M. Winters
Affiliation:
IRAM, 300 rue de la Piscine, 38406 Saint-Martin d’Hères, France
M.C. McCarthy
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, USA
Get access

Abstract

The formation of inorganic dust in circumstellar environments of evolved stars is poorly understood. Spectra of molecules thought to be most important for the nucleation, i.e. AlO, TiO, and TiO2, have been recently detected in the red supergiant VY CMa. These molecules are effectively formed in VY CMa and the observations suggest that non-equilibrium chemistry must be involved in their formation and nucleation into dust. In addition to exploring the recent observations of VY CMa, we briefly discuss the possibility of detecting these molecules in the “dust-poor” circumstellar environment of Betelgeuse.

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Article purchase

Temporarily unavailable

References

Bagnulo, S., Jehin, E., Ledoux, C., et al., 2003, The ESO Messenger, 114, 10
Cherchneff, I., 2006, A&A, 456, 1001
Gail, H.-P., & Sedlmayr, E., 1998, Faraday Discussions, 109, 303 CrossRef
Harper, G.M., Brown, A., & Lim, J., 2001, ApJ, 551, 1073 CrossRef
Humphreys, R.M., Davidson, K., Ruch, G., & Wallerstein, G., 2005, AJ, 129, 492 CrossRef
Humphreys, R.M., Helton, L.A., & Jones, T.J., 2007, AJ, 133, 2716 CrossRef
Herbig, G.H., 1974, ApJ, 188, 533 CrossRef
Hyland, A.R., Becklin, E.E., Neugebauer, G., & Wallerstein, G., 1969, ApJ, 158, 619 CrossRef
Kamiński, T., Schmidt, M., & Tylenda, R., 2010, A&A, 522, A75
Kamiński, T., Schmidt, M., & Menten, K.M., 2013a, A&A, 549, A6
Kamiński, T., Gottlieb, C.A., Menten, K.M., et al., 2013b, A&A [arXiv:1301.4344]
Keenan, P.C., Deutsch, A.J., & Garrison, R.F., 1969, ApJ, 158, 261 CrossRef
Richards, A.M.S., Yates, J.A., & Cohen, R.J., 1998, MNRAS, 299, 319 CrossRef
Sharp, C.M., & Huebner, W.F., 1990, ApJS, 72, 417 CrossRef
Smolders, K., Verhoelst, T., Neyskens, P., et al., 2012, A&A, 543, L2
Tenenbaum, E.D., & Ziurys, L.M., 2009, ApJ, 694, L59 CrossRef
Tenenbaum, E.D., Dodd, J.L., Milam, S.N., et al., 2010, ApJS, 190, 348 CrossRef
Verhoelst, T., Decin, L., van Malderen, R., et al., 2006, A&A, 447, 311
Wallerstein, G., 1971, ApJ, 169, 195 CrossRef
Wallerstein, G., 1986, A&A, 164, 101 PubMed