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VLTI/PIONIER imaging of post-AGB binaries. An INSPIRING hunt for inner rim substructures in circumbinary discs
Toon De Prins, Akke Corporaal, Jacques Kluska +10
We image the detailed inner rim morphology for a sample of post-AGB circumbinary discs observed using NIR interferometry. At resolutions down to ~1-2 mas (corresponding to ~1-10 AU…
Search for aluminium monoxide in the winds of oxygen-rich AGB stars
E. De Beck, L. Decin, S. Ramstedt +4
Aluminium monoxide, AlO, is likely efficiently depleted from the gas around oxygen-rich evolved stars to form alumina clusters and dust seeds. Its presence in the extended atmosphe…
Herschel/HIFI observations of the circumstellar ammonia lines in IRC+10216
M. R. Schmidt, J. H. He, R. Szczerba +14
New high-resolution far-infrared (FIR) observations of both ortho- and para-NH3 transitions toward IRC+10216 were obtained with Herschel, with the goal of determining the ammonia a…
Herschel observations of extreme OH/IR stars - the isotopic ratios of oxygen as a sign-post for the stellar mass
K. Justtanont, M. J. Barlow, J. Blommaert +10
Aim: The late stages of stellar evolution are mainly governed by the mass of the stars. Low- and intermediate-mass stars lose copious amounts of mass during the asymptotic giant br…
The wind of W Hya as seen by Herschel - I. The CO envelope
T. Khouri, A. de Koter, L. Decin +25
Asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars lose their envelopes by means of a stellar wind whose driving mechanism is not understood well. Characterizing the composition and thermal and d…
HIFISTARS Herschel/HIFI observations of VY Canis Majoris. Molecular-line inventory of the envelope around the largest known star
J. Alcolea, V. Bujarrabal, P. Planesas +16
To gain insight into the physical conditions and kinematics of the warm (100-1000 K) gas around the red hyper-giant VY CMa, we performed sensitive high spectral resolution observat…
Herschel/HIFI observations of red supergiants and yellow hypergiants: I. Molecular inventory
D. Teyssier, G. Quintana-Lacaci, A. P. Marston +17
Red supergiant stars (RSGs) and yellow hypergiant stars (YHGs) are believed to be the high-mass counterparts of stars in the AGB and early post-AGB phases. We study the mass-loss i…
Herschel/HIFI observations of O-rich AGB stars : molecular inventory
K. Justtanont, T. Khouri, M. Maercker +15
Spectra, taken with the heterodyne instrument, HIFI, aboard the Herschel Space Observatory, of O-rich asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars which form part of the guaranteed time key…
Herschel/HIFI observations of molecular emission in protoplanetary nebulae and young planetary nebulae
V. Bujarrabal, J. Alcolea, R. Soria-Ruiz +1
We performed Herschel/HIFI observations of intermediate-excitation molecular lines in the far-infrared/submillimeter range in a sample of ten protoplanetary nebulae and young plane…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
Probing the mass loss history of carbon stars using CO line and dust continuum emission
F. L. Schoeier, N. Ryde, H. Olofsson
An extensive modelling of CO line emission from the circumstellar envelopes around a number of carbon stars is performed. By combining radio observations and infrared observations…
Models of circumstellar molecular radio line emission: Mass loss rates for a sample of bright carbon stars
F. L. Schoeier, H. Olofsson
Using a detailed radiative transfer analysis, combined with an energy balance equation for the gas, we have performed extensive modelling of circumstellar CO radio line emission fr…
The carbon star IRAS 15194-5115: Circumstellar CO radio and FIR rotational lines
N. Ryde, F. L. Schoeier, H. Olofsson
We have modelled radio and far-infrared rotational lines of 12^CO and 13^CO obtained from the circumstellar envelope of the infrared-bright carbon star IRAS 15194-5115. Eleven rota…