A turbulent wake as a tracer of 30,000 years of Mira's mass loss history

Nature

Volumn 448, Issue 7155, 2007, Pages 780-783

  Martin, D Christopher ^a   Seibert, Mark ^b   Neill, James D ^a   Schiminovich, David ^c   Forster, Karl ^a   Rich, R Michael ^d   Welsh, Barry Y ^e   Madore, Barry F ^b   Wheatley, Jonathan M ^d   Morrissey, Patrick ^a   Barlow, Tom A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; HYDROGEN; TRACER; TURBULENT MIXING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; IMAGING; IONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VELOCITY; WIND;

EID: 34547938695     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06003     Document Type: Article

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