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The widespread occurence of water vapor in the circumstellar envelopes of carbon-rich AGB stars: first results from a survey with Herschel/HIFI
D. A. Neufeld, E. González-Alfonso, G. Melnick +16
We report the preliminary results of a survey for water vapor in a sample of eight C stars with large mid-IR continuum fluxes: V384 Per, CIT 6, V Hya, Y CVn, IRAS 15194-5115, V Cyg…
Snooping around the big dog: VY CMa as seen with Herschel/HIFI
E. De Beck, L. Decin, K. M. Menten +3
In the framework of the HIFISTARS guaranteed time key programme, we measured more than 70 molecular emission lines with high signal-to-noise ratio towards VY CMa using the high-res…
Gas morphology and energetics at the surface of PDRs: new insights with Herschel observations of NGC 7023
C. Joblin, P. Pilleri, J. Montillaud +37
We investigate the physics and chemistry of the gas and dust in dense photon-dominated regions (PDRs), along with their dependence on the illuminating UV field. Using Herschel-HIFI…
A high resolution line survey of IRC+10216 with Herschel. First results: Detection of warm silicon dicarbide SiC2
J. Cernicharo, L. B. F. M. Waters, L. Decin +24
We present the first results of a high-spectral-resolution survey of the carbon-rich evolved star IRC+10216 that was carried out with the HIFI spectrometer onboard Herschel. This s…
The origin of the [C II] emission in the S140 PDRs - new insights from HIFI
C. Dedes, M. Röllig, B. Mookerjea +38
Using Herschel's HIFI instrument we have observed [C II] along a cut through S140 and high-J transitions of CO and HCO+ at two positions on the cut, corresponding to the externally…
Herschel/HIFI observations of Mars: first detection of O_2 at submillimetre wavelengths and upper limits on HCl and H_2O_2
P. Hartogh, C. Jarchow, E. Lellouch +47
We report on an initial analysis of Herschel/HIFI observations of hydrogen chloride (HCl), hydrogen peroxide (H_2O_2), and molecular oxygen (O_2) in the Martian atmosphere performe…
Herschel/HIFI observations of spectrally resolved methylidyne signatures toward the high-mass star-forming core NGC6334I
M. H. D. van der Wiel, F. F. S. van der Tak, D. C. Lis +65
In contrast to extensively studied dense star-forming cores, little is known about diffuse gas surrounding star-forming regions. We study molecular gas in the high-mass star-formin…
Herschel/HIFI deepens the circumstellar NH3 enigma
K. M. Menten, F. Wyrowski, J. Alcolea +23
Circumstellar envelopes (CSEs) of a variety of evolved stars have been found to contain ammonia (NH3) in amounts that exceed predictions from conventional chemical models by many o…
Herschel-HIFI detections of hydrides towards AFGL 2591 (Envelope emission versus tenuous cloud absorption)
S. Bruderer, A. O. Benz, E. F. van Dishoeck +65
The Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared (HIFI) onboard the Herschel Space Observatory allows the first observations of light diatomic molecules at high spectral resolution a…
Nitrogen hydrides in interstellar gas: Herschel/HIFI observations towards G10.6-0.4 (W31C)
C. M. Persson, J. H. Black, J. Cernicharo +49
The HIFI instrument on board the Herschel Space Observatory has been used to observe interstellar nitrogen hydrides along the sight-line towards G10.6-0.4 in order to improve our u…
Detection of hydrogen fluoride absorption in diffuse molecular clouds with Herschel/HIFI: a ubiquitous tracer of molecular gas
P. Sonnentrucker, D. A. Neufeld, T. G. Phillips +47
We discuss the detection of absorption by interstellar hydrogen fluoride (HF) along the sight line to the submillimeter continuum sources W49N and W51. We have used Herschel's HIFI…
Herschel/HIFI observations of high-J CO transitions in the protoplanetary nebula CRL618
V. Bujarrabal, J. Alcolea, R. Soria-Ruiz +25
We performed Herschel/HIFI observations of several CO lines in the far-infrared/sub-mm in the protoplanetary nebula CRL618. The high spectral resolution provided by HIFI allows mea…
A HIFI preview of warm molecular gas around chi Cyg : first detection of H2O emission toward an S-type AGB star
K. Justtanont, L. Decin, F. L. Schoier +24
A set of new, sensitive, and spectrally resolved, sub-millimeter line observations are used to probe the warm circumstellar gas around the S-type AGB star chi Cyg. The observed lin…
Herschel/HIFI measurements of the ortho/para ratio in water towards Sagittarius B2(M) and W31C
D. C. Lis, T. G. Phillips, P. F. Goldsmith +74
We present Herschel/HIFI observations of the fundamental rotational transitions of ortho- and para-HO and HO in absorption towards Sagittarius~B2(M) and W31C. The…
Strong CH+ J=1-0 emission and absorption in DR21
E. Falgarone, V. Ossenkopf, M. Gerin +30
We report the first detection of the ground-state rotational transition of the methylidyne cation CH+ towards the massive star-forming region DR21 with the HIFI instrument onboard…
Discovery of water vapour in the carbon star V Cygni from observations with Herschel/HIFI
D. A. Neufeld, E. González-Alfonso, G. Melnick +25
We report the discovery of water vapour toward the carbon star V Cygni. We have used Herschel's HIFI instrument, in dual beam switch mode, to observe the 1(11) - 0(00) para-water t…
HIFI spectroscopy of low-level water transitions in M82
A. Weiss, M. A. Requena-Torres, R. Guesten +23
We present observations of the rotational ortho-water ground transition, the two lowest para-water transitions, and the ground transition of ionised ortho-water in the archetypal s…
Water content and wind acceleration in the envelope around the oxygen-rich AGB star IK Tau as seen by Herschel/HIFI
L. Decin, K. Justtanont, E. De Beck +4
During their asymptotic giant branch, evolution low-mass stars lose a significant fraction of their mass through an intense wind, enriching the interstellar medium with products of…
Herschel/HIFI observations of interstellar OH+ and H2O+ towards W49N: a probe of diffuse clouds with a small molecular fraction
D. A. Neufeld, J. R. Goicoechea, P. Sonnentrucker +50
We report the detection of absorption by interstellar hydroxyl cations and water cations, along the sight-line to the bright continuum source W49N. We have used Herschel's HIFI ins…
Excitation and Abundance of C3 in star forming cores:Herschel/HIFI observations of the sight-lines to W31C and W49N
B. Mookerjea, T. Giesen, J. Stutzki +47
We present spectrally resolved observations of triatomic carbon (C3) in several ro-vibrational transitions between the vibrational ground state and the low-energy nu2 bending mode…
Polarisation Observations of VY Canis Majoris Water Vapour 5{32}-4{41} 620.701 GHz Maser Emission with HIFI
Martin Harwit, Martin Houde, Paule Sonnentrucker +26
CONTEXT: Water vapour maser emission from evolved oxygen-rich stars remains poorly understood. Additional observations, including polarisation studies and simultaneous observation…
Interstellar OH+, H2O+ and H3O+ along the sight-line to G10.6-0.4
Maryvonne Gerin, M. De Luca, John Black +50
We report the detection of absorption lines by the reactive ions OH+, H2O+ and H3O+ along the line of sight to the submillimeter continuum source G10.60.4 (W31C). We used the He…
Water cooling of shocks in protostellar outflows: Herschel-PACS map of L1157
B. Nisini, M. Benedettini, C. Codella +62
In the framework of the Water in Star-forming regions with Herschel (WISH) key program, maps in water lines of several outflows from young stars are being obtained, to study the wa…
Water abundance variations around high-mass protostars: Herschel-HIFI observations of the DR21 region
F. F. S. van der Tak, M. G. Marseille, F. Herpin +1
Water is a key molecule in the star formation process, but its spatial distribution in star-forming regions is not well known. We study the distribution of dust continuum and H2O a…