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Radio observations of stellar mass loss

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Sun Kwok
Affiliation:
C.R.E.S.S., York University, Downsview, Ontario, Canada
C. R. Purton
Affiliation:
C.R.E.S.S., York University, Downsview, Ontario, Canada

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A program to search for steady-state thermal emissions from stars has been in progress for several years in Canada (Purton 1976). In this program we have specifically excluded flaring objects (such as β Lyr or HR1099) where non-thermal emission is probably responsible. Out of the 30 or so detections, about 1/4 of them show a ~+1 spectral index, suggesting a 1/r2 density profile in the emitting region. This implies the existence of a non-static circumstellar envelope which is mostly likely the result of continuous mass outflow.

Type
Session 3: Infrared and Radio Data
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1979 

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