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| Paper: |
The ALMA View of Evolved Stars |
| Volume: |
497, Why Galaxies Care about AGB Stars III: A Closer Look in Space and Time |
| Page: |
535 |
| Authors: |
Maercker, M. |
| Abstract: |
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)
is the largest
telescope of its kind, providing the astronomical community with
high-spatial-resolution, high-sensitivity images between 84 GHz and
720 GHz. During planning and construction of the array, the observatory
promised to open a new window on how we observe and investigate the
universe around us, and the expectations on how ALMA would affect our
understanding of evolved stars were high. ALMA started operations in
October 2011, and already with the first observations of an AGB star
during Cycle 0, ALMA gave us a unique view of the circumstellar
environment around the carbon star R Scl. I review the capabilities
of ALMA during the current early science operations and the
specifications for full science operations, and the implications
these have for research on evolved stars. |
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