Understanding the chemical complexity in Circumstellar Envelopes of C-Rich AGB stars: The case of IRC +10216

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 313, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 229-233

  Agundez M ^a   Cernicharo, J ^a   Pardo, J R ^a   FonfriaExposito J P ^a   Guelin M ^b   Tenenbaum, E D ^c   Ziurys, L M ^c   Apponi, A J ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

^b IRAM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

AGB stars; Astrochemistry; Circumstellar matter; IRC +10216; Molecular processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849037332     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: 1572946X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-007-9495-7     Document Type: Article

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