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On the nature and mass loss of Bulge OH/IR stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 December 2019

Joris A. D. L. Blommaert
Affiliation:
Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Group, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Martin A. T. Groenewegen
Affiliation:
Koninklijke Sterrenwacht van België, Ringlaan 3, 1180 Brussel, Belgium
Kay Justtanont
Affiliation:
Chalmers University of Technology, Onsala Space Observatory, S-43992 Onsala, Sweden
L. Decin
Affiliation:
Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, K.U. Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Abstract

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We report on the successful search for CO (2-1) and (3-2) emission associated with OH/IR stars in the Galactic Bulge. We observed a sample of eight extremely red AGB stars with the APEX telescope and detected seven. The sources were selected at sufficient high Galactic latitude to avoid interference by interstellar CO, which hampered previous studies of inner galaxy stars. We also collected photometric data and Spitzer IRS spectroscopy to construct the SEDs, which were analysed through radiative transfer modelling. We derived variability periods of our stars from the VVV and WISE surveys. Through dynamical modelling we then retrieve the total mass loss rates (MLR) and the gas-to-dust ratios. The luminosities range between approximately 4,000 and 5,500 L and periods are below 700 days. The total MLR ranges between 10−5 and 10−4 M yr−1. The results are presented in Blommaert et al. 2018 and summarized below.

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Copyright
© International Astronomical Union 2019 

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