Compact disks in a high-resolution ALMA survey of dust structures in the Taurus molecular cloud

F Long, GJ Herczeg, D Harsono, P Pinilla… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a high-resolution (∼ 0 farcs 12,∼ 16 au, mean sensitivity of 50 μJy beam− 1 at
225 GHz) snapshot survey of 32 protoplanetary disks around young stars with spectral type …

A Census of B [e] Supergiants

M Kraus - Galaxies, 2019 - mdpi.com
Stellar evolution theory is most uncertain for massive stars. For reliable predictions of the
evolution of massive stars and their final fate, solid constraints on the physical parameters …

Resolving the kinematics of the discs around Galactic B [e] supergiants

G Maravelias, M Kraus, LS Cidale… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT B [e] supergiants are luminous evolved massive stars. The mass-loss during this
phase creates a complex circumstellar environment with atomic, molecular, and dusty …

Dense molecular environments of B [e] supergiants and yellow hypergiants

M Kraus, M Kourniotis, ML Arias, AF Torres… - Galaxies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Massive stars expel large amounts of mass during their late evolutionary phases. We aim to
unveil the physical conditions within the warm molecular environments of B [e] supergiants …

Resolving the circumstellar environment of the Galactic B [e] supergiant star MWC 137. II. Nebular kinematics and stellar variability

M Kraus, T Liimets, A Moiseev, JPS Arias… - The Astronomical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The Galactic B [e] supergiant MWC 137 is surrounded by a large-scale optical nebula. To
shed light on the physical conditions and kinematics of the nebula, we analyze the optical …

Follow-up of extended shells around B [e] stars

T Liimets, M Kraus, A Moiseev, N Duronea, LS Cidale… - Galaxies, 2022 - mdpi.com
B [e] stars are massive B type emission line stars in different evolutionary stages ranging
from pre-main sequence to post-main sequence. Due to their mass loss and ejection events …

Resolving the clumpy circumstellar environment of the B [e] supergiant LHA 120-S 35

AF Torres, LS Cidale, M Kraus, ML Arias… - Astronomy & …, 2018 - aanda.org
Context. B [e] supergiants are massive post-main-sequence stars, surrounded by a complex
circumstellar environment where molecules and dust can survive. The shape in which the …

A new outburst of the yellow hypergiant star ρ Cas

M Kraus, I Kolka, A Aret, DH Nickeler… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Yellow hypergiants are evolved massive stars that were suggested to be in post-red
supergiant stage. Post-red supergiants that evolve back to the blue, hot side of the …

Evidence of an evolved nature of MWC 349A

M Kraus, ML Arias, LS Cidale… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The Galactic emission-line object MWC 349A is one of the brightest radio stars in the sky.
The central object is embedded in an almost edge-on oriented Keplerian rotating thick disc …

First high-resolution optical spectra of the distant emission-line star VES 723 (IRAS 02110+ 6212)

AS Miroshnichenko, VG Klochkova… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The first high-resolution spectra (resolving powers of R≥ 60 000) of the emission-line star
VES 723, which has an unknown evolutionary status, were taken at the 6-m Big Telescope …