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dc.contributor.authorNordhaus, J.
dc.contributor.authorMinchev, I.
dc.contributor.authorSargent, B.
dc.contributor.authorForrest, W.
dc.contributor.authorBlackman, Eric
dc.contributor.authorDe Marco, O.
dc.contributor.authorKastner, Joel
dc.contributor.authorBalick, B.
dc.contributor.authorFrank, A.
dc.date.accessioned2009-02-23T15:51:08Z
dc.date.available2009-02-23T15:51:08Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.citationMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 388 Issue 2, Pages 716 - 722en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1850/8457
dc.descriptionRIT community members may access full-text via RIT Libraries licensed databases: http://library.rit.edu/databases/
dc.description.abstractHD 179821 is an evolved star of unknown progenitor mass range (either post- Asymptotic Giant Branch or post-Red Supergiant) exhibiting a double peaked spectral energy distribution (SED) with a sharp rise from ∼ 8−20 μm. Such features have been associated with ejected dust shells or inwardly truncated circumstellar discs. In order to compare SEDs from both systems, we employ a spherically symmetric radiative transfer code and compare it to a radiative, inwardly truncated disc code. As a case study, we model the broad-band SED of HD 179821 using both codes. Shortward of 40 μm, we find that both models produce equivalent fits to the data. However, longward of 40 μm, the radial density distribution and corresponding broad range of disc temperatures produce excess emission above our spherically symmetric solutions and the observations. For HD 179821, our best fit consists of a Teff = 7000 K central source characterized by V ∼ 1.95 and surrounded by a radiatively driven, spherically symmetric dust shell. The extinction of the central source reddens the broad-band colours so that they resemble a Teff = 5750 K photosphere. We believe that HD 179821 contains a hotter central star than previously thought. Our results provide an initial step towards a technique to distinguish geometric differences from spectral modeling.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwellen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesvol. 388en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesno. 2en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriespp. 716-722en_US
dc.subjectCircumstellar matteren_US
dc.subjectInfrared: generalen_US
dc.subjectPlanetary nebulae: generalen_US
dc.subjectRadiative transferen_US
dc.subjectStars: AGB and post-AGBen_US
dc.subjectSubmillimetreen_US
dc.titleTowards a spectral technique for determining material geometry around evolved stars: Application to HD 179821en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13428.x


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