The Post-AGB Star IRAS 16342-3814

Authors
  • A.A. Zijlstra
  • M. Matsuura
  • C. Dijkstra
Publication date 2004
Host editors
  • M Meixner
  • J.H. Kastner
  • B. Balick
  • N. Soker
Book title Asymmetrical Planetary Nebulae III: Winds, Structure and the Thunderbird, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series
Volume | Issue number 313
Pages (from-to) 65
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract IRAS 16342-3814 is the post-AGB star with the highest velocity water outflow. It shows the reddest infrared spectrum of any post-AGB star, with crystalline dust features in absorption out to 45mum. The object is strongly bipolar. Here we discuss the OH velocity field and the dust composition. The combination of extreme properties suggest a relation between a dense torus and a fast polar flow.
Document type Conference contribution
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