Issue |
A&A
Volume 454, Number 2, August I 2006
APEX Special Booklet
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Page(s) | L103 - L106 | |
Section | Letters | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065285 | |
Published online | 11 July 2006 |
Letter to the Editor
Mass-loss properties of S-stars on the AGB
1
Stockholm Observatory, AlbaNova University Center, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden e-mail: sofia@astro.su.se
2
Onsala Space Observatory, 439 92 Onsala, Sweden
3
European Southern Observatory, Casilla 19001, Santiago 19, Chile
Received:
27
March
2006
Accepted:
12
May
2006
We have used a detailed non-LTE radiative transfer code to model new APEX CO(J = 3 2) data, and existing CO radio line data, on a sample of 40 AGB S-stars. The derived mass-loss-rate distribution has a median value of 2
10
yr-1, and resembles values obtained for similar samples of M-stars and carbon stars. Possibly, there is a scarcity of high-mass-loss-rate (≥10
yr-1) S-stars. The distribution of envelope gas expansion velocities is similar to that of the M-stars, the median is 7.5 km s-1, while the carbon stars, in general, have higher gas expansion velocities. The mass-loss rate correlates well with the gas expansion velocity, in accordance with results for M-stars and carbon stars.
Key words: stars: AGB and post-AGB / stars: circumstellar matter / stars: late-type / stars: mass-loss
© ESO, 2006
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