HST/STIS observations of the RW Aurigae bipolar jet: Mapping the physical parameters close to the source

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 506, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 763-777

  Yu Melnikov, S ^a,b   Eisloffel J ^a   Bacciotti, F ^c   Woitas, J ^a   Ray, T P ^d  

^a THÜRINGER LANDESSTERNWARTE TAUTENBURG   (Germany)

^b ULUGH BEG ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Uzbekistan)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^d DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

Author keywords

ISM: jets and outflows; Stars: circumstellar matter; Stars: individual: RW Aur; Stars: mass loss; Stars: pre main sequence

Indexed keywords

ISM: JETS AND OUTFLOWS; STARS: CIRCUMSTELLAR MATTER; STARS: INDIVIDUAL: RW AUR; STARS: MASS-LOSS; STARS: PRE-MAIN SEQUENCE;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN; IONIZATION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; STARS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

JETS;

EID: 70350451604     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200811567     Document Type: Article

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