Submillimeter vibrationally excited water emission from the peculiar red supergiant VY Canis Majoris

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 454, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Menten, K M ^a   Philipp, S D ^a   Gusten R ^a   Alcolea, J ^b   Polehampton, E T ^c   Brunken S ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b OBSERVATORIO ASTRONÓMICO NACIONAL   (Spain)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Circumstellar matter; Stars: AGB and post AGB; Stars: individual: VY Canis Majoris; Supergiants

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT EMISSION; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; MOLECULES;

CIRCUMSTELLAR MATTER; STARS: AGB AND POST-AGB; STARS: INDIVIDUAL: VY CANIS MAJORIS; SUPERGIANTS;

SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

EID: 33746347689     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065458     Document Type: Article

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