Detection of the 69 μm band of crystalline forsterite in the Herschel MESS-program

2010/11/04 by B. L. de Vries, D. Klotz, de Vries, B. L. +29
Physics and Astronomy · #Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP) #FOS: Physical sciences #Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR) #astro-ph.EP #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1011.1126

Conference proceedings: "Why Galaxies Care About AGB Stars 2", Vienna 2010

arxiv created 2010/11/04 · arxiv updated 2010/11/05

Abstract

In this article we present the detection of the 69 μm band of the crystalline olivine forsterite within the MESS key program of Herschel. We determine the temperature of the forsterite grains by fitting the 69 μm band.

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