870 um observations of evolved stars with LABOCA

Abstract

During their evolution, Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars experience a high mass-loss which leads to the formation of a Circumstellar Envelope (CSE) of dust and gas. The mass-loss process is the most important phenomenon during this evolutionary stage. In order to understand it, it is important to study the physical parameters of the CSE. The emission of the CSE in the (sub)millimetre range is dominated by the dust continuum. This means that (sub)millimetre observations are a key tool in tracing the dust and improving our knowledge of the mass-loss process. In this paper we analyse new sub-millimetre observations of 9 evolved stars in order to constrain the CSE physical parameters. The data were taken by the new APEX bolometer LABoCa. The fluxes at 870 um are derived and the extended emission is investigated. We compute the spectral energy distribution (SEDs) using a 1D radiative transfer code, DUSTY which we compared to literature data. Grain properties are calculated using both spherical grains distribution and a Continuous Distribution of Ellipsoids (CDE) and a comparison between the two is drawn. Synthetic surface brightness maps have been derived from the modelling and were compared to the LABoCa brightness maps. We detected the presence of extended emission around four stars. Physical parameters of the circumstellar envelope are derived from SED modelling, such as the dust chemical composition, the dust condensation temperature and the total mass of the envelope. It proves difficult however to fit the SED and the intensity profile simultaneously.

To be published in A&A, 17 pages, 24 pdf figures

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