Evolution and mass loss of cool aging stars: a daedalean story

L Decin - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2021 - annualreviews.org
A multitude of phenomena—such as the chemical enrichment of the Universe, the mass
spectrum of planetary nebulae, white dwarfs and gravitational wave progenitors, the …

(Sub) stellar companions shape the winds of evolved stars

L Decin, M Montargès, AMS Richards, CA Gottlieb… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Binary interactions dominate the evolution of massive stars, but their role is less clear for low-
and intermediate-mass stars. The evolution of a spherical wind from an asymptotic giant …

The impact of stellar companion UV photons on the chemistry of the circumstellar environments of AGB stars

M Van de Sande, TJ Millar - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Spherical asymmetries are prevalent within the outflows of AGB stars. Since binary
interaction with a stellar or planetary companion is thought to be the underlying mechanism …

ATOMIUM: A high-resolution view on the highly asymmetric wind of the AGB star π1Gruis-I. First detection of a new companion and its effect on the inner wind

W Homan, M Montargès, B Pimpanuwat… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
The nebular circumstellar environments of cool evolved stars are known to harbour a rich
morphological complexity of gaseous structures on different length scales. A large part of …

Investigating anomalous photochemistry in the inner wind of IRC+ 10216 through interferometric observations of HC3N

MA Siebert, M Van de Sande, TJ Millar… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
In recent years, many questions have arisen regarding the chemistry of photochemical
products in the carbon-rich winds of evolved stars. To address them, it is imperative to …

Rotational spectra of vibrationally excited AlO and TiO in oxygen-rich stars

T Danilovich, CA Gottlieb, L Decin… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Rotational transitions in vibrationally excited AlO and TiO—two possible precursors of dust—
were observed in the 300 GHz range (1 mm wavelength) toward the oxygen-rich asymptotic …

A large bubble around the AGB star R Dor detected in the UV

R Ortiz, MA Guerrero - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Many asymptotic giant branch (AGB) and supergiant stars exhibit extended detached shells
in the far-infrared, resembling rings or arcs. These structures have long been interpreted as …

Structure and dynamics of the inner nebula around the symbiotic stellar system R Aquarii

V Bujarrabal, M Agúndez, M Gómez-Garrido… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Aims. We investigate the structure, dynamics, and chemistry of the molecule-rich nebula
around the stellar symbiotic system R Aqr, which is significantly affected by the presence of a …

ATOMIUM: The astounding complexity of the near circumstellar environment of the M-type AGB star R Hydrae-I. Morpho-kinematical interpretation of CO and SiO …

W Homan, B Pimpanuwat, F Herpin… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Evolved low-to intermediate-mass stars are known to shed their gaseous envelope into a
large, dusty, molecule-rich circumstellar nebula which typically develops a high degree of …

Dissecting the central regions of OH 231.8+ 4.2 with ALMA: A salty rotating disk at the base of a young bipolar outflow

CS Contreras, J Alcolea, RR Cardoso… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
We present a set of Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) continuum and
molecular line emission maps at~ 1 mm wavelengths of OH 231.8+ 4.2. This is a well …