The Herschel-PACS Guaranteed Time Key Program on evolved stars: its preparation, execution and initial data exploitation

Persons :

• Prof. dr.  WAELKENS Christoffel - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven)
  Coordinator of the project
  Financed belgian partner
  Duration: 1/1/2006-31/12/2008
  

Description :

Approximately half of Belgiums 20% share in the Guaranteed Time (GT) of the Herschel-PACS instrument will be put into a 200 hour GT Key Program on the Circumstellar environment of evolved stars, with the main aim to study in detail the time evolution of mass loss and the dust composition of the circumstellar shell. In this project, we will work on the science preparation and exploitation of this GT Key program.

Satellite(s) or flight opportunity(ies):

- Herschel Space Observatory (HSO)

Field of research:

Space Sciences: Stellar Atmospheres and Circumstellar Material