Concept information
Preferred term
Circumstellar shells
Definition
- A shell of dust, molecules, and neutral gas around an evolved star resulting from an intensive mass loss phase, such as the asymptotic giant branch phase for low- and intermediate mass stars and LBVs or supernovae for massive stars. (en)
Broader concept
- Circumstellar matter (en)
- Stellar structures (en)
Narrower concepts
- Dust shells (en)
- Rotating shells (en)
- Shell burning (en)
Editorial note
URI
http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/242
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