Infrared Appearance of Dynamical Models for Circumstellar Dust Shells around Long-period variables Brightness Distributions

J.M. Winters, A.J. Fleischer, E. Sedlmayr and A. Gauger

Astrophysics & Space Science, Vol. 224, 329-332 (1995)

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Abstract:

Synthetic brightness profiles resulting from consistent dynamical models for circumstellar dust shells around long-period variables are presented and discussed with respect to a corresponding observation of IRC+10216.

Keywords:

hydrodynamics - radiative transfer - circumstellar shells - carbon stars - long-period variables - dust - stars: IRC+10216