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Table 5

Abundances relative to H2 of halide molecules found towards AGB stars.

S-type stars Carbon star Oxygen-rich stars


Molecule W Aql χ Cyg R And CW Leo R Dor IK Tau
AlCl 1.6 × 10−7–2.4 × 10−7 ... ... 7 × 10−8 2.5 × 10−8 9 × 10−10
AlF 1 × 10−7–4 × 10−8 ... ... 1 × 10−8 ... ...
HCl 9.7 × 10−8 6.5 × 10−8 1.5 × 10−8 1 × 10−7 ... ...
HF ≤1 × 10−8 1.2 × 10−8 ... 8 × 10−9 ... ...
Ref. This work This work(a) 1 2 3 3

Notes. For comparison, the solar abundances of F and Cl, relative to H2, are 7.2 × 10−8 and 6.3 × 10−7, respectively (Asplund et al. 2009). (a)See Sect. 6.1.1 and Appendix C.

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