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The Molecular Envolope of Mira
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
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We have mapped the CO J = 2 → 1 and J = 1 → 0 emission of the circumstellar envelope of Mira. Emission in both transitions extends to a distance of ~ 4 x 1016cm from the star. In the inner 2 x 1016cm the lines show the presence of three velocity components. The main component has the intermediate velocity and extends over the whole envelope. From this component we have estimated a mass loss rate of 3 x 107M⊙yr-1 and a total molecular mass of 1.2 x 10-3M⊙. We have shown that, from our data, the only reliable explanation for the lowest and highest velocity components is that they are due to an outflow located within the envelope.
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- III. Discs, Outflows, Jets and HH Objects
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