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EAS Publications Series
Volume 71-72, 2015
The Physics of Evolved Stars: A Conference Dedicated to the Memory of Olivier Chesneau
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| Page(s) | 143 - 146 | |
| Section | Binaries | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1571030 | |
| Published online | 01 December 2015 | |
E. Lagadec, F. Millour and T. Lanz (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 71–72 (2015) 143-146
Infrared Observations of Novae in the SOFIA Era
1 Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, School of Physics and Astronomy, 116 Church Street, S.E. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
2 Astrophysics Group, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK
3 SOFIA Science Center, USRA, NASA Ames Research Center, M.S. 232–12, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
Classical novae inject chemically enriched gas and dust into the local inter-stellar medium (ISM). Abundances in the ejecta can be deduced from infrared (IR) forbidden line emission. IR spectroscopy can determine the mineralogy of grains that grow in nova ejecta. We anticipate the impact that NASA's new Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) will have on future IR studies of novae.
© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2015