Maps of the Molecular Emission Around 18 Evolved Stars

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1994-12-02

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9412008v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

28 pages, uses aaspp.sty file, submitted to ApJ. The full PostScript version with 19 figures can be obtained by the anonymous

Scientific paper

10.1086/192214

We present maps at $20''$ resolution of the molecular emission around 18 evolved stars (14~asymptotic giant branch stars, one supergiant, two proto-planetary nebulae and one planetary nebula), mostly in the $^{12}$CO(3-2) line. Almost all molecular envelopes appear to be at least marginally resolved at this resolution. A substantial fraction of the molecular envelopes show clear deviations from spherical symmetry in the form of elliptical or bipolar envelopes. This indicates that there is a need to implement non-spherical mass loss in current scenarios of the late stages of stellar evolution, in particular on the asymptotic giant branch.

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