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Public Seminar of RPg Student:
Molecular Gas, Dust and Morphology of Evolved Circumstellar Envelopes: from AGB to PN

Speaker Mr. Wayne CHAU
Date October 8, 2014 (Wed)
Time 11:30 a.m.
Venue Room 518, 5/F, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building, HKU

Abstract

We present a study that probes the evolution of the molecular gas, dust and morphology of evolved circumstellar envelopes. Our primary objective in this study is to obtain a better understanding of the intertwining relationships between the morphological and chemical evolution of evolved stars through interferometric observations in the radio and near-infrared (NIR) regime. We propose to 1) investigate the morphology of objects via radio continuum observations using the Extended Very Large Array (EVLA) interferometer, 2) construct three-dimensional models that are self consistent with both interferometric and spectroscopic observations, 3) investigate how properties of circumstellar dust affects an objects on different color diagrams, and 4) continue to perform spectral line surveys to study the chemistry in circumstellar envelopes (CSEs).