Modeling Extinction and Reddening Effects by Circumstellar Dust in the Betelgeuse Envelope in the Presence of Radiative Torque Disruption - INSU - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers
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Modeling Extinction and Reddening Effects by Circumstellar Dust in the Betelgeuse Envelope in the Presence of Radiative Torque Disruption

Bao Truong
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Le Ngoc Tram
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Thiem Hoang
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Nguyen Chau Giang
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Pham Ngoc Diep
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Nguyen Thi Phuong
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Thuong D. Hoang
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Nguyen Bich Ngoc
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Nguyen Fuda
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Hien Phan
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Tuan Van Bui
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Abstract

Circumstellar dust forms and evolves within the envelope of evolved stars, including asymptotic giant branch (AGB) and red supergiant (RSG) stars. The extinction of stellar light by circumstellar dust is vital for interpreting RSG/AGB observations and determining high-mass RSG progenitors of core-collapse supernovae. However, circumstellar dust properties are not well understood. Modern understanding of dust evolution suggests that intense stellar radiation can radically change dust properties across the circumstellar envelope through the RAdiative Torque Disruption (RAT-D) mechanism. In this paper, we study the impacts of RAT-D on the grain size distribution (GSD) of circumstellar dust and model its effects on photometric observations of α Orionis (Betelgeuse). Due to the RAT-D effects, large grains formed in the dust formation zone are disrupted into smaller species of size a < 0.5 μm. Using the GSD constrained by the RAT-D effects, we model the visual extinction of background stars and Betelgeuse. We find that the extinction decreases at near-UV, optical, and IR wavelengths while increasing at far-UV wavelengths. The resulting flux potentially reproduces the observation from the near-UV to the near-IR range. Our results can be used to explain dust extinction and photometric observations of other RSG/AGB stars.
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insu-03777333 , version 1 (12-04-2023)

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Bao Truong, Le Ngoc Tram, Thiem Hoang, Nguyen Chau Giang, Pham Ngoc Diep, et al.. Modeling Extinction and Reddening Effects by Circumstellar Dust in the Betelgeuse Envelope in the Presence of Radiative Torque Disruption. The Astrophysical Journal, 2022, 936, ⟨10.3847/1538-4357/ac86d9⟩. ⟨insu-03777333⟩
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