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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…
X TrA through the eyes of MATISSE: More evidence of clumpy molecular layers around C-type asymptotic giant branch stars
V. Răstău, C. Paladini, J. Drevon +22
Aims. The goal of this study is to further the understanding of the wind formation mechanism in asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars through the analysis of the close environment (w…
Betelgeuse, the Prototypical Red Supergiant
Andrea K. Dupree, Miguel Montargès
The behavior of the bright red supergiant, Betelgeuse, is described with results principally from the past 6 years. The review includes imaging, photometry, and spectroscopy to rec…
An accreting dwarf star orbiting the S-type giant star pi1 Gru
M. Montargès, J. Malfait, M. Esseldeurs +20
Aims. We aim to characterize the properties of the inner companion of the S-type AGB star pi1 Gru and to identify plausible future evolutionary scenarios for this triple system. Me…
ATOMIUM: Continuum emission and evidence of dust enhancement from binary motion
T. Danilovich, N. Samaratunge, Y. Mori +35
Low- and intermediate-mass stars on the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) account for a significant portion of the dust and chemical enrichment in their host galaxy. Here we present AL…
First Resolution of Microlensed Images of a Binary-Lens Event
Zexuan Wu, Subo Dong, A. Mérand +72
We resolve the multiple images of the binary-lens microlensing event ASASSN-22av using the GRAVITY instrument of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI). The light curves sh…
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…
Chemical tracers of a highly eccentric AGB-main sequence star binary
T. Danilovich, J. Malfait, M. Van de Sande +32
Binary interactions have been proposed to explain a variety of circumstellar structures seen around evolved stars, including asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars and planetary nebul…
SiO maser polarization and magnetic field in evolved cool stars
L. Marinho, F. Herpin, H. Wiesemeyer +6
Both magnetic fields and photospheric/atmospheric dynamics can be involved in triggering the important mass loss observed in evolved cool stars. Previous works have revealed that 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…
ATOMIUM: Molecular inventory of 17 oxygen-rich evolved stars observed with ALMA
S. H. J. Wallstrom, T. Danilovich, H. S. P. Muller +35
The dusty winds of cool evolved stars are a major contributor of the newly synthesised material enriching the Galaxy and future generations of stars. However, the details of the ph…
ATOMIUM: Probing the inner wind of evolved O-rich stars with new, highly excited HO and OH lines
A. Baudry, K. T. Wong, S. Etoka +17
Water and the hydroxyl radical are major constituents of the envelope of O-rich late-type stars. Transitions involving energy levels that are highly excited have been observed in b…
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…
The VLT/SPHERE view of the ATOMIUM cool evolved star sample. I. Overview: Sample characterization through polarization analysis
M. Montargès, E. Cannon, A. de Koter +32
Aims. Through the ATOMIUM project, based on an ALMA large program, we aim to present a consistent view of a sample of 17 nearby cool evolved stars (Aymptotic Giant Branch and red s…
The Great Dimming of Betelgeuse: a Surface Mass Ejection (SME) and its Consequences
Andrea K. Dupree, Klaus G. Strassmeier, Thomas Calderwood +7
The bright supergiant, Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis, HD 39801), underwent a historic optical dimming during 2020 January 27 February 13. Many imaging and spectroscopic observation…
A dusty veil shading Betelgeuse during its Great Dimming
M. Montargès, E. Cannon, E. Lagadec +24
Red supergiants are the most common final evolutionary stage of stars that have initial masses between 8 and 35 times that of the Sun. During this stage, which lasts roughly 100,00…
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…
ATOMIUM: ALMA tracing the origins of molecules in dust forming oxygen rich M-type stars: Motivation, sample, calibration, and initial results
C. A. Gottlieb, L. Decin, A. M. S. Richards +33
This overview paper presents ATOMIUM, a Large Programme in Cycle 6 with the Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array (ALMA). The goal of ATOMIUM is to understand the dynamics a…
ATOMIUM: Halide molecules around the S-type AGB star W Aquilae
T. Danilovich, M. Van de Sande, J. M. C. Plane +36
S-type asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars are thought to be intermediates in the evolution of oxygen- to carbon-rich AGB stars. The chemical compositions of their circumstellar en…
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…