Left Ringing: Betelgeuse Illuminates the Connection between Convective Outbursts, Mode Switching, and Mass Ejection in Red Supergiants
Betelgeuse, the nearest red supergiant, dimmed to an unprecedented level in early 2020. The star emerged from this “Great Dimming” episode with its typical, roughly 400 days pulsation cycle halved, and a new dominant period of around 200 days. The dimming event has been attributed to a surface mass...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2023-01-01
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| Series: | The Astrophysical Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aced4b |