Astrophysical: Circumstellar matter

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    Near infrared polarimetry of a sample of YSOs
    Aims: Our goal is to study the physical properties of the circumstellar environment of young stellar objetcs (YSOs). In particular, the determination of the...
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    Near-IR spectroscopy of planetary nebulae precursors
    We present near-IR spectroscopy of a sample of 30 IRAS sources recently identified as late AGB stars, post-AGB stars or early PNe. The spectra obtained are...
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    New insights into the outflows from R Aquarii
    Context. The source R Aquarii is a symbiotic binary surrounded by a large and complex nebula with a prominent curved jet. It is one of the closest known...
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    New Isolated Planetary-mass Objects and the Stellar and Substellar Mass Function of the σ Orionis Cluster
    We report on our analysis of the VISTA Orion ZY JHKs photometric data (completeness magnitudes of Z = 22.6 and J = 21.0 mag) focusing on a circular area of 2798...
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    NGC 6778: strengthening the link between extreme abundance discrepancy factors and central star binarity in planetary nebulae
    We present new optical spectra of the nearby, bright, planetary nebula NGC 6778. The nebula has been known to emit strong recombination lines for more than 40...
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    On a Rapid Lithium Enrichment and Depletion of K Giant Stars
    A model scenario has recently been introduced by de la Reza and colleagues to explain the presence of very strong Li lines in the spectra of some low-mass K...
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    On the alumina dust production in the winds of O-rich asymptotic giant branch stars
    The O-rich asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars experience strong mass-loss with efficient dust condensation and they are major sources of dust in the...
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    On the nature of candidate luminous blue variables in M 33
    Context. Luminous blue variables (LBVs) are a class of highly unstable stars that have been proposed to play a critical role in massive stellar evolution as...
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    On the Presence of Metallofullerenes in Fullerene-rich Circumstellar Envelopes
    The presence of neutral C 60 fullerenes in circumstellar environments has been firmly established by astronomical observations as well as laboratory experiments...