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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
卷 376, 期 1, 页码 L1-L4出版社
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20011012
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infrared : stars; molecular processes; stars : atmospheres; stars : chromospheres; stars : individual : alpha Tau, beta And, alpha Cet, beta Peg, gamma; stars : late-type
Based on the spectra obtained with Infrared Space Observatory, ISO, we detected the 6.3 mum bands of water in the late K giant Aldebaran (alpha Tau) and several early M giant stars (between M0 and M3.5), which have been deemed to be too warm for tri-atomic H2O molecule to reside in their photospheres. The water column densities range (0.2 2) x 10(18) molecules cm(-2) in our sample of K and M giant stars and the excitation temperatures are 1500 K or higher. Thus, the water bands are not originating in cool stellar winds either. The presence of water in the K and early M giant stars was quite unexpected from the traditional picture of the atmosphere of the red giant star consisting of the photosphere, hot chromosphere, and cool wind. We confirm that a rather warm molecule forming region should exist as a new component of the atmosphere of red giant stars and that this should be a general phenomenon in late-type stars.
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