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The Structure of AGB Winds. Moshe Elitzur (Kentucky) Ž eljko Ivezi ć (Princeton) Dejan Vinkovi ć (Kentucky). Habing, Tignon & Tielens ‘94. Once the sonic point is crossed…. Radiation pressure decouples the outflow from the wind origin Subsequent outflow Radiation pressure Gas drag
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The Structure of AGB Winds Moshe Elitzur (Kentucky) Željko Ivezić (Princeton) Dejan Vinković (Kentucky)
Habing, Tignon & Tielens ‘94 Once the sonic point is crossed… • Radiation pressure decouples the outflow from the wind origin • Subsequent outflow • Radiation pressure • Gas drag • Gravity
Radiation pressure • Gas drag • Gravity Just math… Elitzur & Ivezic ‘01
Solution of HTT ‘1st simplified model’ – negligible reddening
Physical Domain <>F V (1 + V)-0.36
Scaling Away from boundaries, wind structure fully controlled by
Scale of v set by Velocity Profile V < 1: k = 2/3 (drift) V > 1: k 0.4 (reddening)
Radiation pressure: • v L1/2 • v independent of K. Young 1995: Miras, low : • v independent of L
Lower – decoupling: • Higher – reddening: Drift + Reddening effect on v
Data Same ndd/nH for C- and O-stars!
Ivezic & Elitzur ’03 v = 18 SED Analysis • Shape V • Flux level Zubko & Elitzur ’00 v = 0.83 Solutions by DUSTYhttp://www.pa.uky.edu/~moshe/dusty/
+ distance L • L + v , 22 W Hya
AGB winds are generally spherical,PN are asymmetric. How come?
IRC+10216 – the mother of all C-stars HCN J = 1 – 0 Dayal & Bieging ‘95
IRC+10216 – K band Weigelt, G. et al. ‘02
IRC+10216 – the bipolarity inside • Spherical at ~ 4,000 AU (molecules; Lindqvist et al ‘00) • Asymmetric at ~ 60 AU (K-band; Men'shchikov et al ’02) • V ~ 40 (equator) – 20 (poles) • ~ 10-5 Myr-1 3·10-4 Myr-1about 50 years ago
IRC+30219 (CIT6) b v r Schmidt, G.D et al. ApJ (2002)
CIT6 – Molecules Lindqvist et al ‘00
CIT6 – the bipolarity outside? • Asymmetric at ~ 5,000 AU – both molecules and K-band (JET!) • The next phase of IRC+10216?
What about O-rich stars? • IRC+10011 – the mother of all OH/IR stars
IRC+10011 (CIT3) = 1.24 m = 1.65 m Vinković et al ‘03 Hofmann et al ‘01 = 2.12 m
IRC+10011 – the bipolarity inside • Spherical at K-band and beyond • Asymmetric at J-band; scale ~ 100 AU, ~ 100 yr (?) • V ~ 40 (equator) – 20 (poles) • ~ 1 – 2·10-5 Myr-1
W43A – the Jets are Out! Imai et al ‘02
Conclusions • The “standard model” works • Single variable – • Dust drift – major ingredient • 22 ~ 1 for both O- and C-rich; why? • AGB wind phase ends with jets • how prevalent? • time scales?