Beyond the Treachery of Images: training an algorithm to turn astronomical observations into probabilistic models KU Leuven
At the end of their lives, most stars, like our Sun, shed their outer layers through an outward directed wind of stellar material, enriching the interstellar medium with atoms, molecules and dust, thereby providing the building blocks for the next generations of stars and planets. This process is governed by the intricate interplay between hydrodynamics, chemistry, and, in particular, radiative transfer. Recent observations show that the ...