Is the 21 micron feature observed in some post-agb stars caused by the interaction between Ti atoms and fullerenes?

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 632, Issue 2 II, 2005, Pages

  Kimura, Yuki ^a   Nuth III, Joseph A ^a   Ferguson, Frank T ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared: stars; Methods: laboratory; Stars: AGB and post AGB; Stars: carbon; Stars: mass loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 30444459228     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/497987     Document Type: Article

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