Mass Ejection in R-Aquarii
Abstract
The symbiotic star R Aquarii embodies a number of distinguishing properties, the most significant being a collimated jet that extends approximately out to 6-arcsec NE from the star. The authors have obtained low resolution ultraviolet spectra of the R Aquarii jet with the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE). Their most recent IUE observations indicate the ionization state of the jet is increasing. Sub-arcsecond VLA observations of the R Aquarii have resolved the radio continuum structure into discrete parcels of emission, which are extended and highly collinear. R Aquarii provides evidence that indicates stellar jet activity is not unique to objects associated with high energy emission processes alone.
- Publication:
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Plasma Penetration into Magnetospheres
- Pub Date:
- 1986
- Bibcode:
- 1986ppm..conf..215M