SPHERE/ZIMPOL observations of the symbiotic system R Aquarii. II. Dynamics of the dust in the Mira wind and the Halpha gas in the jet

H. M. Schmid, E. Lagadec, J. Milli +17

R Aqr is a resolved symbiotic Mira binary and a prototype target for the study of complex hydrodynamic processes including dust-driven mass loss, mass transfer, accretion, and jet…