Circumstellar Dust in Massive Stars

Authors
Publication date 2010
Host editors
  • C. Leitherer
  • P.D. Bennett
  • P.W. Morris
  • J.T. van Loon
Book title Hot and Cool: Bridging Gaps in Massive Star Evolution
Book subtitle proceedings of a workshop held at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA, 10-12 November 2008
ISBN
  • 9781583817308
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9781583817315
Series Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series
Event Hot and Cool: Bridging Gaps in Massive Star Evolution
Pages (from-to) 267-276
Publisher San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract We review observed properties of dust surrounding both hot and cool massive stars. The chemical composition of the dust provides information on the chemical and physical conditions at the time of dust formation, and the geometry of the dust envelope can be used to study the physics of the wind and the interaction between previous and current mass loss. Crystalline silicates may be used as a tracer of very high mass-loss phases of massive stars. Mixed chemistry of both oxygen-rich and carbon-rich dust is observed both in hot and cool massive stars.
Document type Conference contribution
Language English
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