5 papers
The Dynamic Inner Disk of a Planet Forming Star
Benjamin R. Setterholm, John D. Monnier, Fabien Baron +13
Planets are a natural byproduct of the stellar formation process, resulting from local aggregations of material within the disks surrounding young stars. Whereas signatures of gas-…
A Spectroscopic and Interferometric Study of W Serpentis Stars. I. Circumbinary Outflow in the Interacting Binary W Serpentis
Katherine Shepard, Douglas R. Gies, Gail H. Schaefer +6
W Serpentis is an eclipsing binary system and the prototype of the Serpentid class of variable stars. These are interacting binaries experiencing intense mass transfer and mass los…
Time-Evolution Images of the Hypergiant RW Cephei During the Re-brightening Phase Following the Great Dimming
Narsireddy Anugu, Douglas R. Gies, Rachael M. Roettenbacher +17
Stars with initial masses larger than 8 solar masses undergo substantial mass loss through mechanisms that remain elusive. Unraveling the origins of this mass loss is important for…
CHARA Near-Infrared Imaging of the Yellow Hypergiant Star Cassiopeiae: Convection Cells and Circumstellar Envelope
Narsireddy Anugu, Fabien Baron, John D. Monnier +18
Massive evolved stars such as red supergiants and hypergiants are potential progenitors of Type II supernovae, and they are known for ejecting substantial amounts of matter, up to…
The Orbit and Dynamical Mass of Polaris: Observations with the CHARA Array
Nancy Remage Evans, Gail Schaefer, Alexandre Gallenne +19
The 30 year orbit of the Cepheid Polaris has been followed with observations by the CHARA Array (Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy) from 2016 through 2021. An additional…