Infrared Spectro-Interferometry of Cool Evolved Stars
Ohnaka, K.
"Perspectives in Radiative Transfer and Interferometry"
Workshop held from May 14-16, 2007 at the Château de Pizay, France.
S. Wolf, F. Allard and Ph. Stee (eds).
EAS Publications Series, Volume 28, pp.61-66 (2008)
Abstract
Recent years have seen a major contribution of infrared interferometry to studies on the circumstellar environment of cool evolved stars. Particularly, two interferometric
instruments at ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) – AMBER and MIDI – offer the community a novel opportunity to carry out high-angular resolution observations.
In the mid-infrared, where thermal emission from the circumstellar gas and/or dust is remarkable, MIDI has proven to be a powerful tool to derive the physical properties of
the molecule and dust formation zone close to the star, particularly when combined with radiative transfer modeling. AMBER is also expected to shed more light on the
circumstellar material closer to the star and the photosphere itself. In this paper, we present recent results on cool evolved stars obtained with VLTI as well as future
prospects for interferometric observations and radiative transfer modeling for cool evolved stars.
You can find this publication ...