The lack of chemical equilibrium does not preclude the use of classical nucleation theory in circumstellar outflows

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 737, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Paquette, John A ^a   Nuth III, Joseph A ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

astrochemistry; circumstellar matter; methods: numerical; stars: AGB and post AGB; stars: winds, outflows

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051727519     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/737/1/L6     Document Type: Article

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