Detection of nonthermal emission from the bow shock of a massive runaway star

Autores
Benaglia, Paula; Romero, Gustavo Esteban; Martí, J.; Peri, Cintia Soledad; Araudo, Anabella Teresa
Año de publicación
2010
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Context. The environs of massive, early-type stars have been inspected in recent years in the search for sites where particles can be accelerated up to relativistic energies. Wind regions of massive binaries that collide have already been established as sources of high-energy emission; however, there is a different scenario for massive stars where strong shocks can also be produced: the bow-shaped region of matter piled up by the action of the stellar strong wind of a runaway star interacting with the interstellar medium. Aims. We study the bow-shock region produced by a very massive runaway star, BD+43°3654, to look for nonthermal radio emission as evidence of a relativistic particle population. Methods. We observed the field of BD+43°3654 at two frequencies, 1.42 and 4.86 GHz, with the Very Large Array (VLA), and obtained a spectral index map of the radio emission. Results. We have detected, for the first time, nonthermal radio emission from the bow shock of a massive runaway star. Conclusions. After analyzing the radiative mechanisms that can be at work, we conclude that the region under study could produce enough relativistic particles whose radiation might be detectable by forthcoming gamma-ray instruments, like CTA North.
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas
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Ciencias Astronómicas
Infrared: stars
Radio continuum: general
Stars: early-type
Stars: individual: BD+43°3654
Infrared: star
Stars: early-type
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spelling Detection of nonthermal emission from the bow shock of a massive runaway starBenaglia, PaulaRomero, Gustavo EstebanMartí, J.Peri, Cintia SoledadAraudo, Anabella TeresaCiencias AstronómicasInfrared: starsRadio continuum: generalStars: early-typeStars: individual: BD+43°3654Infrared: starStars: early-typeContext. The environs of massive, early-type stars have been inspected in recent years in the search for sites where particles can be accelerated up to relativistic energies. Wind regions of massive binaries that collide have already been established as sources of high-energy emission; however, there is a different scenario for massive stars where strong shocks can also be produced: the bow-shaped region of matter piled up by the action of the stellar strong wind of a runaway star interacting with the interstellar medium. Aims. We study the bow-shock region produced by a very massive runaway star, BD+43°3654, to look for nonthermal radio emission as evidence of a relativistic particle population. Methods. We observed the field of BD+43°3654 at two frequencies, 1.42 and 4.86 GHz, with the Very Large Array (VLA), and obtained a spectral index map of the radio emission. Results. We have detected, for the first time, nonthermal radio emission from the bow shock of a massive runaway star. Conclusions. After analyzing the radiative mechanisms that can be at work, we conclude that the region under study could produce enough relativistic particles whose radiation might be detectable by forthcoming gamma-ray instruments, like CTA North.Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas2010info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/82448enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0004-6361info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1051/0004-6361/201015232info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-29T11:15:31Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/82448Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 11:15:31.263SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Detection of nonthermal emission from the bow shock of a massive runaway star
title Detection of nonthermal emission from the bow shock of a massive runaway star
spellingShingle Detection of nonthermal emission from the bow shock of a massive runaway star
Benaglia, Paula
Ciencias Astronómicas
Infrared: stars
Radio continuum: general
Stars: early-type
Stars: individual: BD+43°3654
Infrared: star
Stars: early-type
title_short Detection of nonthermal emission from the bow shock of a massive runaway star
title_full Detection of nonthermal emission from the bow shock of a massive runaway star
title_fullStr Detection of nonthermal emission from the bow shock of a massive runaway star
title_full_unstemmed Detection of nonthermal emission from the bow shock of a massive runaway star
title_sort Detection of nonthermal emission from the bow shock of a massive runaway star
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Benaglia, Paula
Romero, Gustavo Esteban
Martí, J.
Peri, Cintia Soledad
Araudo, Anabella Teresa
author Benaglia, Paula
author_facet Benaglia, Paula
Romero, Gustavo Esteban
Martí, J.
Peri, Cintia Soledad
Araudo, Anabella Teresa
author_role author
author2 Romero, Gustavo Esteban
Martí, J.
Peri, Cintia Soledad
Araudo, Anabella Teresa
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Astronómicas
Infrared: stars
Radio continuum: general
Stars: early-type
Stars: individual: BD+43°3654
Infrared: star
Stars: early-type
topic Ciencias Astronómicas
Infrared: stars
Radio continuum: general
Stars: early-type
Stars: individual: BD+43°3654
Infrared: star
Stars: early-type
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Context. The environs of massive, early-type stars have been inspected in recent years in the search for sites where particles can be accelerated up to relativistic energies. Wind regions of massive binaries that collide have already been established as sources of high-energy emission; however, there is a different scenario for massive stars where strong shocks can also be produced: the bow-shaped region of matter piled up by the action of the stellar strong wind of a runaway star interacting with the interstellar medium. Aims. We study the bow-shock region produced by a very massive runaway star, BD+43°3654, to look for nonthermal radio emission as evidence of a relativistic particle population. Methods. We observed the field of BD+43°3654 at two frequencies, 1.42 and 4.86 GHz, with the Very Large Array (VLA), and obtained a spectral index map of the radio emission. Results. We have detected, for the first time, nonthermal radio emission from the bow shock of a massive runaway star. Conclusions. After analyzing the radiative mechanisms that can be at work, we conclude that the region under study could produce enough relativistic particles whose radiation might be detectable by forthcoming gamma-ray instruments, like CTA North.
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas
description Context. The environs of massive, early-type stars have been inspected in recent years in the search for sites where particles can be accelerated up to relativistic energies. Wind regions of massive binaries that collide have already been established as sources of high-energy emission; however, there is a different scenario for massive stars where strong shocks can also be produced: the bow-shaped region of matter piled up by the action of the stellar strong wind of a runaway star interacting with the interstellar medium. Aims. We study the bow-shock region produced by a very massive runaway star, BD+43°3654, to look for nonthermal radio emission as evidence of a relativistic particle population. Methods. We observed the field of BD+43°3654 at two frequencies, 1.42 and 4.86 GHz, with the Very Large Array (VLA), and obtained a spectral index map of the radio emission. Results. We have detected, for the first time, nonthermal radio emission from the bow shock of a massive runaway star. Conclusions. After analyzing the radiative mechanisms that can be at work, we conclude that the region under study could produce enough relativistic particles whose radiation might be detectable by forthcoming gamma-ray instruments, like CTA North.
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