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20242026
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9 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

ATOMIUM: Inner circumstellar envelopes of oxygen-rich AGB stars as revealed by highly excited SiO lines

B. Pimpanuwat, S. Etoka, M. D. Gray +14

Silicon monoxide (SiO) traces the physical conditions and dynamics in the circumstellar envelopes (CSEs) of AGB stars. We present high-resolution ALMA Band 6 observations of highly…

astro-ph.SR2025

Evidence for the Keplerian orbit of a close companion around a giant star

Mats Esseldeurs, Leen Decin, Joris De Ridder +31

Close companions influence stellar evolution through tidal interactions, mass transfer, and mass loss effects. While such companions are detected around young stellar objects, main…

astro-ph.SR2025

ATOMIUM: Continuum emission and evidence of dust enhancement from binary motion

T. Danilovich, N. Samaratunge, Y. Mori +35

Low- and intermediate-mass stars on the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) account for a significant portion of the dust and chemical enrichment in their host galaxy. Here we present AL…

astro-ph.SR2025

An accreting dwarf star orbiting the S-type giant star pi1 Gru

M. Montargès, J. Malfait, M. Esseldeurs +20

Aims. We aim to characterize the properties of the inner companion of the S-type AGB star pi1 Gru and to identify plausible future evolutionary scenarios for this triple system. Me…

astro-ph.GA2025

ALMA-IMF XVII -- Census and lifetime of high-mass prestellar cores in 14 massive protoclusters

M. Valeille-Manet, S. Bontemps, T. Csengeri +24

High-mass prestellar cores are extremely rare. The search for such objects has long been hindered by small sample sizes, leading to large uncertainties in their lifetimes and the c…

astro-ph.GA2024

ALMA-IMF XVI: Mass-averaged temperature of cores and protostellar luminosities in the ALMA-IMF protoclusters

F. Motte, Y. Pouteau, T. Nony +34

ALMA-IMF imaged 15 massive protoclusters down to a resolution of of 2 kau scales, identifying about 1000 star-forming cores. The mass and luminosity of these cores, which are funda…