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CIRCUMSTELLAR STRUCTURE AROUND EVOLVED STARS IN THE CYGNUS-X STAR FORMATION REGION
The Astronomical Journal
  • Kathleen E. Kraemer
  • Joseph L. Hora
  • Michael P. Egan
  • Joseph Adams
  • Lori E. Allen
  • Sylvain Bontemps
  • Sean J. Carey
  • Giovanni G. Fazio
  • Robert Gutermuth, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Publication Date
2010
Abstract

We present observations of newly discovered 24 micron circumstellar structures detected with the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS) around three evolved stars in the Cygnus-X star forming region. One of the objects, BD+43 3710, has a bipolar nebula, possibly due to an outflow or a torus of material. A second, HBHA 4202-22, a Wolf-Rayet candidate, shows a circular shell of 24 micron emission suggestive of either a limb-brightened shell or disk seen face-on. No diffuse emission was detected around either of these two objects in the Spitzer 3.6-8 micron Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) bands. The third object is the luminous blue variable candidate G79.29+0.46. We resolved the previously known inner ring in all four IRAC bands. The 24 micron emission from the inner ring extends ~1.2 arcmin beyond the shorter wavelength emission, well beyond what can be attributed to the difference in resolutions between MIPS and IRAC. Additionally, we have discovered an outer ring of 24 micron emission, possibly due to an earlier episode of mass loss. For the two shell stars, we present the results of radiative transfer models, constraining the stellar and dust shell parameters. The shells are composed of amorphous carbon grains, plus polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the case of G79.29+0.46. Both G79.29+0.46 and HBHA 4202-22 lie behind the main Cygnus-X cloud. Although G79.29+0.46 may simply be on the far side of the cloud, HBHA 4202-22 is unrelated to the Cygnus-X star formation region.

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This is the pre-published version which is collected from arXiv. The published version is at http://iopscience.iop.org/1538-3881/139/6/2319/pdf/aj_139_6_2319.pdf
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/139/6/2319
Pages
2319-2329
Citation Information
Kathleen E. Kraemer, Joseph L. Hora, Michael P. Egan, Joseph Adams, et al.. "CIRCUMSTELLAR STRUCTURE AROUND EVOLVED STARS IN THE CYGNUS-X STAR FORMATION REGION" The Astronomical Journal Vol. 139 Iss. 6 (2010)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/r_gutermuth/6/