PACS and SPIRE range spectroscopy of cool, evolved stars

Author: Nicolaes D.   Groenewegen M. A. T.   Royer P.   Lombaert R.   Danilovich T.   Decin L.  

Publisher: Edp Sciences

E-ISSN: 1432-0746|618|issue|A143-A143

ISSN: 0004-6361

Source: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol.618, Iss.issue, 2018-10, pp. : A143-A143

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Abstract

Context. At the end of their lives AGB stars are prolific producers of dust and gas. The details of this mass-loss process are still not understood very well. Herschel PACS and SPIRE spectra which cover the wavelength range from ∼55 to 670 μm almost continuously, offer a unique way of investigating properties of AGB stars in general and the mass-loss process in particular as this is the wavelength region where dust emission is prominent and molecules have many emission lines.

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