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Further variability of the compact radio nebula of P Cygni
Exter, K.M.; Watson, S.K.; Barlow, M.J.; Davis, R.J. (2002). Further variability of the compact radio nebula of P Cygni. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 333(3): 715-720. https://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05466.x
In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. OXFORD UNIV PRESS: Oxford. ISSN 0035-8711; e-ISSN 1365-2966, more
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Author keywords
    stars: imaging, stars: individual: P Cygni, supergiants, radio continuum: stars
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  • Exter, K.M., more
  • Watson, S.K.
  • Barlow, M.J.
  • Davis, R.J.
Abstract
    Skinner et al. presented two high-resolution 6-cm (5 GHz) images of the B-supergiant star P Cygni. These show the observed morphology and flux densities to have changed over the intervening month. Following on from this, we present a series of seven high-resolution 6-cm images (including re-reductions of the two from Skinner et al.). These confirm that radio emission from the inner 400 mas of the wind is inhomogeneous, consisting usually of several separated bright spots, and that the total and peak flux densities and the observed morphology vary over all time-scales sampled. We suggest that recombination in cooling clumps of gas which will decrease the radio emission, followed by the appearance of other ionized clumps, could explain such rapid changes, but detailed models must await further observations.
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