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MATISSE unveils a dusty disc in the interior of EP Aquarii. First evidence of a misaligned hierarchical triple system with a central AGB star?
J. Alonso-Hernández, C. Paladini, C. Sánchez Contreras +26
Aims. We have mapped the dust and molecular gas emission distributions in the vicinity (a few stellar radii) of the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) star EP\,Aquarii, with a previousl…
VLTI-GRAVITY measurements of cool evolved stars: II. Pulsation properties and mass-loss process of the Mira star R Car and the red supergiant VX Sgr
D. Jadlovský, M. Wittkowski, A. Chiavassa +9
The mass-loss process of red supergiant (RSG) and asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars and its relation to variability are poorly constrained. We study two evolved stars, the Mira-t…
A new dimension in the variability of AGB stars: convection patterns size changes with pulsation
A. Rosales-Guzmán, J. Sanchez-Bermudez, C. Paladini +16
Stellar convection plays an important role in atmospheric dynamics, wind formation and the mass-loss processes in Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars. However, a direct characteriz…
An impressionist view of V Hydrae. When MATISSE paints Asymmetric Giant Blobs
L. Planquart, C. Paladini, A. Jorissen +29
Our purpose is to study the effect of binary companions located within the first 10 stellar radii from the primary AGB star. In this work, we target the mass-losing carbon star V H…
Images of Betelgeuse with VLTI/MATISSE across the Great Dimming
J. Drevon, F. Millour, P. Cruzalèbes +31
From Nov. 2019 to May 2020, the red supergiant star Betelgeuse experienced an unprecedented drop of brightness in the visible domain called the great dimming event. Large atmospher…
A long-term study of the magnetic field and activity in the M giant RZ Ari
R. Konstantinova-Antova, S. Georgiev, A. Lèbre +12
We present a detailed long-term study of the single M6 III giant RZ~Ari to obtain direct and simultaneous measurements of the magnetic field, activity indicators, and radial veloci…
VLTI/GRAVITY Provides Evidence the Young, Substellar Companion HD 136164 Ab formed like a "Failed Star"
William O. Balmer, L. Pueyo, S. Lacour +93
Young, low-mass Brown Dwarfs orbiting early-type stars, with low mass ratios (), appear intrinsically rare and present a formation dilemma: could a handful of these…
VLTI/GRAVITY Observations and Characterization of the Brown Dwarf Companion HD 72946 B
W. O. Balmer, L. Pueyo, T. Stolker +96
Tension remains between the observed and modeled properties of substellar objects, but objects in binary orbits, with known dynamical masses can provide a way forward. HD 72946 B i…
The dusty circumstellar environment of Betelgeuse during the Great Dimming as seen by VLTI/MATISSE
E. Cannon, M. Montargès, A. de Koter +23
The 'Great Dimming' of the prototypical red supergiant Betelgeuse, which occurred between December 2019 and April 2020, gives us unprecedented insight into the processes occurring…
The K-band highest-resolution images of the Mira star R Car with GRAVITY-VLTI
A. Rosales-Guzman, J. Sanchez-Bermudez, C. Paladini +11
The mass-loss mechanisms in M-type AGB stars are not well understood, in particular, the formation of dust-driven winds from the innermost gaseous layers around these stars. One wa…
Volume-limited sample of low-mass red giant stars, the progenitors of hot subdwarf stars I. Sample selection and binary classification method
Murat Uzundag, Matias I. Jones, Maja Vučković +3
The current theory predicts that hot subdwarf binaries are produced from evolved low-mass binaries that have undergone mass transfer and drastic mass loss during either a common en…
Discovery of a brown dwarf with quasi-spherical mass-loss
Dary A. Ruíz-Rodríguez, Lucas A. Cieza, Simon Casassus +14
We report the serendipitous discovery of an elliptical shell of CO associated with the faint stellar object SSTc2d J163134.1-24006 as part of the "Ophiuchus Disk Survey Employing A…
Locating dust and molecules in the inner circumstellar environment of R~Sculptoris with MATISSE
Julien Drevon, Florentin Millour, Pierre Cruzalèbes +49
AGB stars are one of the main sources of dust production in the Galaxy. However, it is not clear what this process looks like and where the dust is condensing in the circumstellar…
The extended atmosphere and circumstellar environment of the cool evolved star VX Sagittarii as seen by MATISSE
A. Chiavassa, K. Kravchenko, M. Montargès +50
Context. VX Sgr is a cool, evolved, and luminous red star whose stellar parameters are difficult to determine, which affects its classification. Aims. We aim to spatially resolve t…
VLTI-MATISSE L- and N-band aperture-synthesis imaging of the unclassified B[e] star FS Canis Majoris
K. -H. Hofmann, A. Bensberg, D. Schertl +58
Context: FS Canis Majoris (FS CMa, HD 45677) is an unclassified B[e] star surrounded by an inclined dust disk. The evolutionary stage of FS CMa is still debated. Perpendicular to t…
The mid-infrared environment of the stellar merger remnant V838 Monocerotis
Muhammad Zain Mobeen, Tomasz Kamiński, Alexis Matter +2
In 2002, V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon) erupted in a red novae event which has been interpreted to be a stellar merger. Soon after reaching peak luminosity, it began to cool, and its…
Long Term Evolution of Surface Features on the Red Supergiant AZ Cyg
Ryan P. Norris, Fabien R. Baron, John D. Monnier +23
We present H-band interferometric observations of the red supergiant (RSG) AZ Cyg made with the Michigan Infra-Red Combiner (MIRC) at the six-telescope Center for High Angular Reso…
Atmosphere of Betelgeuse before and during the Great Dimming event revealed by tomography
K. Kravchenko, A. Jorissen, S. Van Eck +7
Despite being the best studied red supergiant star in our Galaxy, the physics behind the photometric variability and mass loss of Betelgeuse is poorly understood. Moreover, recentl…
Mid-infrared circumstellar emission of the long-period Cepheid l Carinae resolved with VLTI/MATISSE
V. Hocdé, N. Nardetto, A. Matter +149
The nature of circumstellar envelopes (CSE) around Cepheids is still a matter of debate. The physical origin of their infrared (IR) excess could be either a shell of ionized gas, o…
The asymmetric inner disk of the Herbig Ae star HD 163296 in the eyes of VLTI/MATISSE: evidence for a vortex?
J. Varga, M. Hogerheijde, R. van Boekel +133
Context. The inner few au region of planet-forming disks is a complex environment. High angular resolution observations have a key role in understanding the disk structure and the…
Inner dusty envelope of the AGB stars W~Hydrae, SW\,Virginis, and R~Crateris using SPHERE/ZIMPOL
T. Khouri, W. H. T. Vlemmings, C. Paladini +8
Stars with initial masses between and 8~ present copious mass loss during the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) at the end of their lives. The accepted mass-loss mec…
The extended molecular envelope of the asymptotic giant branch star Gruis as seen by ALMA II. The spiral-outflow observed at high-angular resolution
L. Doan, S. Ramstedt, W. H. T. Vlemmings +8
The AGB star Gruis has a known companion (at a separation of ~400 AU) which cannot explain the strong deviations from the spherical symmetry of the CSE. Recently, hydrodyna…
Cool, evolved stars: results, challenges, and promises for the next decade
Gioia Rau, Rodolfo Montez, Kenneth G. Carpenter +27
Cool, evolved stars are the main source of chemical enrichment of the interstellar medium (ISM), and understanding their mass loss and structure offers a unique opportunity to stud…
Tomography of silicate dust around M-type AGB stars I. Diagnostics based on dynamical models
S. Bladh, C. Paladini, S. Höfner +1
The heavy mass loss observed in evolved asymptotic giant branch stars is usually attributed to a two-step process: atmospheric levitation by pulsation-induced shock waves, followed…