A K-band spectral mini-survey of Galactic B[e] stars

Autores
Liermann, A.; Schnurr, O.; Kraus, M.; Kreplin, A.; Arias, María Laura; Cidale, Lydia Sonia
Año de publicación
2014
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inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
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We present a mini-survey of Galactic B[e] stars mainly undertaken with the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT). B[e] stars show morphological features with hydrogen emission lines and an infrared excess, attributed to warm circumstellar dust. In general, these features are assumed to arise from dense, non-spherical, disc-forming circumstellar material in which molecules and dust can condensate. Due to the lack of reliable luminosities, the class of Galactic B[e] stars contains stars at very different stellar evolutionary phases like Herbig AeBe, supergiants or planetary nebulae. We took near-infrared long-slit K-band spectra for a sample of Galactic B[e] stars with the LBT-LUCI 1. Prominent spectral features, such as the Brackett γ line and CO band heads are identified in the spectra. The analysis shows that the stars can be characterized as evolved objects. Among others we find one luminous blue variable candidate (MWC314), one supergiant B[e]candidate with 13CO (MWC 137), and in two cases (MWC 623 and AS 381) indications for the existence of a late-type binary companion, complementary to previous studies. For MWC 84, IR spectra were taken at different epochs with LBT-LUCI 1 and the GNIRS spectrograph at the Gemini North telescope. The new data show the disappearance of the circumstellar CO emission around this star, previously detectable over decades. Also no signs of a recent prominent eruption leading to the formation of new CO disc emission are found during 2010 and 2013.
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas
Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata
Materia
Ciencias Astronómicas
Circumstellar matter
Infrared: stars
Stars: emission line, Be
Stars: winds, outflows
Supergiants
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spelling A K-band spectral mini-survey of Galactic B[e] starsLiermann, A.Schnurr, O.Kraus, M.Kreplin, A.Arias, María LauraCidale, Lydia SoniaCiencias AstronómicasCircumstellar matterInfrared: starsStars: emission line, BeStars: winds, outflowsSupergiantsWe present a mini-survey of Galactic B[e] stars mainly undertaken with the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT). B[e] stars show morphological features with hydrogen emission lines and an infrared excess, attributed to warm circumstellar dust. In general, these features are assumed to arise from dense, non-spherical, disc-forming circumstellar material in which molecules and dust can condensate. Due to the lack of reliable luminosities, the class of Galactic B[e] stars contains stars at very different stellar evolutionary phases like Herbig AeBe, supergiants or planetary nebulae. We took near-infrared long-slit K-band spectra for a sample of Galactic B[e] stars with the LBT-LUCI 1. Prominent spectral features, such as the Brackett γ line and CO band heads are identified in the spectra. The analysis shows that the stars can be characterized as evolved objects. Among others we find one luminous blue variable candidate (MWC314), one supergiant B[e]candidate with 13CO (MWC 137), and in two cases (MWC 623 and AS 381) indications for the existence of a late-type binary companion, complementary to previous studies. For MWC 84, IR spectra were taken at different epochs with LBT-LUCI 1 and the GNIRS spectrograph at the Gemini North telescope. The new data show the disappearance of the circumstellar CO emission around this star, previously detectable over decades. Also no signs of a recent prominent eruption leading to the formation of new CO disc emission are found during 2010 and 2013.Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y GeofísicasInstituto de Astrofísica de La Plata2014-09-11info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdf947-956http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/85362enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0035-8711info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1093/mnras/stu1174info: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:UNLP2025-09-29T11:16:25Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/85362Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 11:16:25.998SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A K-band spectral mini-survey of Galactic B[e] stars
title A K-band spectral mini-survey of Galactic B[e] stars
spellingShingle A K-band spectral mini-survey of Galactic B[e] stars
Liermann, A.
Ciencias Astronómicas
Circumstellar matter
Infrared: stars
Stars: emission line, Be
Stars: winds, outflows
Supergiants
title_short A K-band spectral mini-survey of Galactic B[e] stars
title_full A K-band spectral mini-survey of Galactic B[e] stars
title_fullStr A K-band spectral mini-survey of Galactic B[e] stars
title_full_unstemmed A K-band spectral mini-survey of Galactic B[e] stars
title_sort A K-band spectral mini-survey of Galactic B[e] stars
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Liermann, A.
Schnurr, O.
Kraus, M.
Kreplin, A.
Arias, María Laura
Cidale, Lydia Sonia
author Liermann, A.
author_facet Liermann, A.
Schnurr, O.
Kraus, M.
Kreplin, A.
Arias, María Laura
Cidale, Lydia Sonia
author_role author
author2 Schnurr, O.
Kraus, M.
Kreplin, A.
Arias, María Laura
Cidale, Lydia Sonia
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Astronómicas
Circumstellar matter
Infrared: stars
Stars: emission line, Be
Stars: winds, outflows
Supergiants
topic Ciencias Astronómicas
Circumstellar matter
Infrared: stars
Stars: emission line, Be
Stars: winds, outflows
Supergiants
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We present a mini-survey of Galactic B[e] stars mainly undertaken with the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT). B[e] stars show morphological features with hydrogen emission lines and an infrared excess, attributed to warm circumstellar dust. In general, these features are assumed to arise from dense, non-spherical, disc-forming circumstellar material in which molecules and dust can condensate. Due to the lack of reliable luminosities, the class of Galactic B[e] stars contains stars at very different stellar evolutionary phases like Herbig AeBe, supergiants or planetary nebulae. We took near-infrared long-slit K-band spectra for a sample of Galactic B[e] stars with the LBT-LUCI 1. Prominent spectral features, such as the Brackett γ line and CO band heads are identified in the spectra. The analysis shows that the stars can be characterized as evolved objects. Among others we find one luminous blue variable candidate (MWC314), one supergiant B[e]candidate with 13CO (MWC 137), and in two cases (MWC 623 and AS 381) indications for the existence of a late-type binary companion, complementary to previous studies. For MWC 84, IR spectra were taken at different epochs with LBT-LUCI 1 and the GNIRS spectrograph at the Gemini North telescope. The new data show the disappearance of the circumstellar CO emission around this star, previously detectable over decades. Also no signs of a recent prominent eruption leading to the formation of new CO disc emission are found during 2010 and 2013.
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas
Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata
description We present a mini-survey of Galactic B[e] stars mainly undertaken with the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT). B[e] stars show morphological features with hydrogen emission lines and an infrared excess, attributed to warm circumstellar dust. In general, these features are assumed to arise from dense, non-spherical, disc-forming circumstellar material in which molecules and dust can condensate. Due to the lack of reliable luminosities, the class of Galactic B[e] stars contains stars at very different stellar evolutionary phases like Herbig AeBe, supergiants or planetary nebulae. We took near-infrared long-slit K-band spectra for a sample of Galactic B[e] stars with the LBT-LUCI 1. Prominent spectral features, such as the Brackett γ line and CO band heads are identified in the spectra. The analysis shows that the stars can be characterized as evolved objects. Among others we find one luminous blue variable candidate (MWC314), one supergiant B[e]candidate with 13CO (MWC 137), and in two cases (MWC 623 and AS 381) indications for the existence of a late-type binary companion, complementary to previous studies. For MWC 84, IR spectra were taken at different epochs with LBT-LUCI 1 and the GNIRS spectrograph at the Gemini North telescope. The new data show the disappearance of the circumstellar CO emission around this star, previously detectable over decades. Also no signs of a recent prominent eruption leading to the formation of new CO disc emission are found during 2010 and 2013.
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