Accession Number:
AD0733333
Title:
IR Stars: Search for 3.5-mm Radiation and Tentative Detection of VY CMa,
Descriptive Note:
Rept. for Oct-Nov 70,
Corporate Author:
AEROSPACE CORP EL SEGUNDO CALIF LAB OPERATIONS
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1971-08-15
Pagination or Media Count:
15.0
Abstract:
A search has been made for 3.5-mm radiation from twelve IR stars with strong 10-micron radiation. The sources VY CMa and IRC 10216 were tentatively detected with 3.5-mm fluxes of 0.2 plus or minus 0.07 sigma f.u. and 0.4 plus or minus 0.2 f.u., respectively. The IRC 10216 result is consistent with a measurement by Kellermann and Pauliny-Toth. If the 3.5-mm radiation comes from an optically thick circumstellar region having the IR temperature of 600 degrees K, this region would have a linear dimension of about 100 a.u. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Astrophysics