Disco in the Dust: Reflected light at the bow shock around Betelgeuse's companion explains its observed luminosity

Jared A. Goldberg, Meridith Joyce, Anna J. G. O'Grady +6

Recent detections of $\alpha$ Orionis B, the putative companion to Betelgeuse, have been reported using multiple instruments and techniques. These include, most recently, a $>6\sigma$ detect…