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Signs of rotating equatorial density enhancements around SRb pulsators

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 December 2019

W. Homan
Affiliation:
IvS, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium email: ward.homan@kuleuven.be
L. Decin
Affiliation:
IvS, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium email: ward.homan@kuleuven.be University of Leeds, School of Chemistry, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
A. Richards
Affiliation:
JBCA, Dept. Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
P. Kervella
Affiliation:
LESIA (CNRS UMR 8109), Obs. de Paris, PSL, CNRS, UPMC, Univ. Paris-Diderot, France
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Abstract

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We observed the circumstellar environments (CSEs) of the semiregular AGB stars L2 Puppis, R Doradus and EP Aquarii with ALMA. (1) The molecular emission in the L2 Pup nebula reveals an edge-on rotating disk. (2) PV diagrams of the 28SiO emission in the inner CSE of R Dor expose a pattern pointing to an inclined rotating disk. (3) The CO emission in the CSE of EP Aqr reveals a nearly face-on equatorial density enhancement (EDE). The inner EDE strongly resembles theoretical wind-Roche-lobe-overflow models. The SiO emission points to a potential companion. The combination of (1), (2) and (3) suggests that a link may exist between the type of AGB pulsations and the morphological nature of the CSE.

Type
Contributed Papers
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© International Astronomical Union 2019 

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