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The Coldest Place in the Universe: Probing the Ultra-cold Outflow and Dusty Disk in the Boomerang Nebula
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Sahai, R. (author)
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- Vlemmings, Wouter, 1974 (author)
- Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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- Nyman, Lars-Åke, 1954 (author)
- Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array (ALMA)
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(creator_code:org_t)
- 2017-05-31
- 2017
- English.
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In: Astrophysical Journal. - : American Astronomical Society. - 1538-4357 .- 0004-637X. ; 841:2, s. Article Number: 110-
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- Our Cycle 0 ALMA observations confirmed that the Boomerang Nebula is the coldest known object in the universe, with a massive high-speed outflow that has cooled significantly below the cosmic background temperature. Our new CO 1-0 data reveal heretofore unseen distant regions of this ultra-cold outflow, out to greater than or similar to 120,000 au. We find that in the ultra-cold outflow, the mass-loss rate (M.) increases with radius, similar to its expansion velocity (V)-taking V alpha r, we find M alpha r(0.9-2.2). The mass in the ultra-cold outflow is greater than or similar to 3.3 M-circle dot, and the Boomerang's main-sequence progenitor mass is greater than or similar to 4 M-circle dot. Our high angular resolution (similar to 0.'' 3) CO J = 3-2 map shows the inner bipolar nebula's precise, highly collimated shape, and a dense central waist of size (FWHM) similar to 1740 au x 275 au. The molecular gas and the dust as seen in scattered light via optical Hubble Space Telescope imaging show a detailed correspondence. The waist shows a compact core in thermal dust emission at 0.87-3.3 mm, which harbors (4-7) x 10(-4) M-circle dot of very large (similar to millimeter-to-centimeter sized), cold (similar to 20-30 K) grains. The central waist (assuming its outer regions to be expanding) and fast bipolar outflow have expansion ages of less than or similar to 1925 years and
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik -- Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences -- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- binaries: close
- stars: mass-loss
- polarization
- stars: AGB and post-AGB
- circumstellar matter
- planetary nebulae: individual ( Boomerang Nebula)
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