The variable mass loss of the AGB star WX Piscium as traced by the CO J = 1-0 through 7-6 lines and the dust emission

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 475, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 233-242

  Decin, L ^a,b,g   Hony, S ^a,c   De Koter, A ^b   Molenberghs, G ^d   Dehaes, S ^a   Markwick Kemper, F ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^d HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^g FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Line: profiles; Radiative transfer; Stars: AGB and post AGB; Stars: circumstellar matter; Stars: individual: WX Psc; Stars: mass loss

Indexed keywords

LINE: PROFILES; SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION (SED); STARS: AGB AND POST-AGB; STARS: CIRCUMSTELLAR MATTER; STARS: INDIVIDUAL: WX PSC; STARS: MASS LOSS;

ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

STARS;

EID: 36349015987     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20077737     Document Type: Article

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