TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gvaramadze, V. V.
A1  - Kniazev, A. Y.
A1  - Miroshnichenko, A. S.
A1  - Berdnikov, Leonid N.
A1  - Langer, N.
A1  - Stringfellow, G. S.
A1  - Todt, Helge Tobias
A1  - Hamann, Wolf-Rainer
A1  - Grebel, E. K.
A1  - Buckley, D.
A1  - Crause, L.
A1  - Crawford, S.
A1  - Gulbis, A.
A1  - Hettlage, C.
A1  - Hooper, E.
A1  - Husser, T. -O.
A1  - Kotze, P.
A1  - Loaring, N.
A1  - Nordsieck, K. H.
A1  - O'Donoghue, D.
A1  - Pickering, T.
A1  - Potter, S.
A1  - Colmenero, E. Romero
A1  - Vaisanen, P.
A1  - Williams, T.
A1  - Wolf, M.
A1  - Reichart, D. E.
A1  - Ivarsen, K. M.
A1  - Haislip, J. B.
A1  - Nysewander, M. C.
A1  - LaCluyze, A. P.
T1  - Discovery of two new Galactic candidate luminous blue variables with Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
JF  - Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
N2  - We report the discovery of two new Galactic candidate luminous blue variable (LBV) stars via detection of circular shells (typical of confirmed and candidate LBVs) and follow-up spectroscopy of their central stars. The shells were detected at 22 mu m in the archival data of the Mid-Infrared All Sky Survey carried out with the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). Follow-up optical spectroscopy of the central stars of the shells conducted with the renewed Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) showed that their spectra are very similar to those of the well-known LBVs P Cygni and AG Car, and the recently discovered candidate LBV MN112, which implies the LBV classification for these stars as well. The LBV classification of both stars is supported by detection of their significant photometric variability: one of them brightened in the R and I bands by 0.68 +/- 0.10 and 0.61 +/- 0.04 mag, respectively, during the last 1318 years, while the second one (known as Hen 3-1383) varies its B, V, R, I and Ks brightnesses by similar or equal to 0.50.9 mag on time-scales from 10 d to decades. We also found significant changes in the spectrum of Hen 3-1383 on a time-scale of similar or equal to 3 months, which provides additional support for the LBV classification of this star. Further spectrophotometric monitoring of both stars is required to firmly prove their LBV status. We discuss a connection between the location of massive stars in the field and their fast rotation, and suggest that the LBV activity of the newly discovered candidate LBVs might be directly related to their possible runaway status.
KW  - line: identification
KW  - circumstellar matter
KW  - stars: emission-line, Be
KW  - stars: evolution
KW  - stars: individual: Hen 3-1383
KW  - stars: massive
Y1  - 2012
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20556.x
SN  - 0035-8711
VL  - 421
IS  - 4
SP  - 3325
EP  - 3337
PB  - Oxford Univ. Press
CY  - Oxford
ER  -