MESS (Mass-loss of Evolved StarS), a Herschel key program

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作者
Groenewegen, M. A. T. [1 ]
Waelkens, C. [2 ]
Barlow, M. J. [3 ]
Kerschbaum, F. [4 ]
Garcia-Lario, P. [5 ]
Cernicharo, J. [6 ]
Blommaert, J. A. D. L. [2 ]
Bouwman, J. [7 ]
Cohen, M. [8 ]
Cox, N. [2 ]
Decin, L. [2 ,9 ]
Exter, K. [2 ]
Gear, W. K. [10 ]
Gomez, H. L. [10 ]
Hargrave, P. C. [10 ]
Henning, Th. [7 ]
Hutsemekers, D. [15 ]
Ivison, R. J. [11 ]
Jorissen, A. [16 ]
Krause, O. [7 ]
Ladjal, D. [2 ]
Leeks, S. J. [12 ]
Lim, T. L. [12 ]
Matsuura, M. [3 ,18 ]
Naze, Y. [15 ]
Olofsson, G. [13 ]
Ottensamer, R. [4 ,19 ]
Polehampton, E. [12 ,17 ]
Posch, T. [4 ]
Rauw, G. [15 ]
Royer, P. [2 ]
Sibthorpe, B. [7 ]
Swinyard, B. M. [12 ]
Ueta, T. [14 ]
Vamvatira-Nakou, C. [15 ]
Vandenbussche, B. [2 ]
Van de Steene, G. C. [1 ]
Van Eck, S. [16 ]
van Hoof, P. A. M. [1 ]
Van Winckel, H. [2 ]
Verdugo, E. [5 ]
Wesson, R. [3 ]
机构
[1] Koninklijke Sterrenwacht Belgie, B-1180 Brussels, Belgium
[2] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Inst Astron, B-3001 Louvain, Belgium
[3] UCL, Dept Phys & Astron, London WC1E 6BT, England
[4] Univ Vienna, Dept Astron, A-1180 Vienna, Austria
[5] European Space Astron Ctr, Herschel Sci Ctr, Madrid 28080, Spain
[6] CSIC, Dept Astrophys, CAB, INTA, Madrid, Spain
[7] Max Planck Inst Astron, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
[8] Univ Calif Berkeley, Radio Astron Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[9] Univ Amsterdam, Sterrenkundig Inst Anton Pannekoek, NL-1098 Amsterdam, Netherlands
[10] Cardiff Univ, Sch Phys & Astron, Cardiff CF24 3YB, S Glam, Wales
[11] Royal Observ Edinburgh, UK Astron Technol Ctr, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, Midlothian, Scotland
[12] Rutherford Appleton Lab, Space Sci & Technol Dept, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England
[13] Stockholm Univ, Dept Astron, AlbaNova Univ Ctr, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[14] Univ Denver, Dept Phys & Astron, Denver, CO 80208 USA
[15] Inst Astrophys & Geophys, B-4000 Liege 1, Belgium
[16] Univ Libre Bruxelles, Inst Astron & Astrophys, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
[17] Univ Lethbridge, Inst Space Imaging Sci, Lethbridge, AB T1J 1B1, Canada
[18] Univ Coll London, Mullard Space Sci Lab, Dorking RH5 6NT, Surrey, England
[19] Graz Univ Technol, Inst Comp Graph & Vis, A-8010 Graz, Austria
基金
奥地利科学基金会;
关键词
stars: AGB and post-AGB; stars: mass loss; supernovae: general; circumstellar matter; infrared: stars; SPITZER-SPACE-TELESCOPE; KEPLERS SUPERNOVA REMNANT; RED SUPERGIANT STARS; MAJOR DUST FACTORIES; INTERSTELLAR-MEDIUM; MOLECULAR-EMISSION; COLD DUST; CIRCUMSTELLAR SHELLS; INFRARED-EMISSION; SPIRE INSTRUMENT;
D O I
10.1051/0004-6361/201015829
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
MESS (Mass-loss of Evolved StarS) is a guaranteed time key program that uses the PACS and SPIRE instruments on board the Herschel space observatory to observe a representative sample of evolved stars, that include asymptotic giant branch (AGB) and post-AGB stars, planetary nebulae and red supergiants, as well as luminous blue variables, Wolf-Rayet stars and supernova remnants. In total, of order 150 objects are observed in imaging and about 50 objects in spectroscopy. This paper describes the target selection and target list, and the observing strategy. Key science projects are described, and illustrated using results obtained during Herschel's science demonstration phase. Aperture photometry is given for the 70 AGB and post-AGB stars observed up to October 17, 2010, which constitutes the largest single uniform database of far-IR and sub-mm fluxes for late-type stars.
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