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Exploring the water and carbon monoxide shell around Betelgeuse with VLTI/AMBER

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2013

M. Montargès ,
P. Kervella ,
G. Perrin  and
K. Ohnaka
M. Montargès
Affiliation:
LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, UPMC, Université Paris-Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France
P. Kervella
Affiliation:
LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, UPMC, Université Paris-Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France
G. Perrin
Affiliation:
LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, UPMC, Université Paris-Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France
K. Ohnaka
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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Abstract

We present the results of the analysis of our recent interferometric observations of Betelgeuse, using the AMBER instrument of the VLTI. Using the medium spectral resolution mode (R ~ 1500) we detected the presence of the water vapour and carbon monoxide (CO) molecules in the H and K bands. We also derived the photospheric angular diameter in the continuum. By analysing the depth of the molecular lines and the interferometric visibilities, we derived the column densities of the molecules, as well as the temperature and the size of the corresponding regions in the atmosphere of Betelgeuse (the MOLsphere) using a single shell model around the photosphere. Our results confirm the findings by Perrin et al. (2004) and Ohnaka et al. (2011) that the H2O and CO molecules are distributed around Betelgeuse in a MOLsphere extending to approximately 1.3 times the star’s photospheric radius.

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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 60: Betelgeuse Workshop 2012 The Physics of Red Supergiants: Recent Advances and Open Questions , 2013 , pp. 167 - 172
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© EAS, EDP Sciences 2013

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