High-resolution optical spectroscopy of V838 Monocerotis in 2009
@article{Tylenda2011HighresolutionOS, title={High-resolution optical spectroscopy of V838 Monocerotis in 2009}, author={Romuald Tylenda and Tomasz Kami'nski and M. R. Schmidt and Radostin Kurtev and Toma V. Tomov}, journal={Astronomy and Astrophysics}, year={2011}, volume={532} }
Context. V838 Mon erupted at the beginning of 2002. In the course of the outburst the object evolved to low effective temperatures and declined as a very late M-type supergiant. Among various scenarios proposed to explain the nature of the outburst, the most promising is a stellar merger event. Aims. We aim at studying the structure and evolution of the object in the decline from the 2002 eruption. Methods. We obtained spectroscopic observations of V838 Mon in January−March 2009 with UVES/VLT…
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