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Do Halo Red Giant Stars Contribute to the High-Velocity Gas Falling onto the Milky Way Disk?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Klaas S. de Boer
Klaas S. de Boer*
Affiliation:
Sternwarte der Universität Bonn, D-53121 Bonn, Germany

Abstract

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The amount of gas shed by red giant stars in the halo is assessed to find its contribution to the long known infall of high-b gas. The infall rate due to RG star mass loss equals 3 · 10−6 M⊙ kpc−1 y−1.

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Part 2. Origin
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 217: Recycling Intergalactic and Interslettar Matter , 2004 , pp. 170 - 171
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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