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Modelling the dust shell

Vic Tyne, Department of Physics, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG,UK

We follow the evolution of the infrared excess and the dust shell of Sakurai's Object by considering the results of modelling the dust emission. The optical depth, grain size, dust temperature, and shell thickness parameters from the models are discussed. Fits of DUSTY models to 1-5$\,\mu$m spectra between May 1999 and April 2000 are used to illustrate the continuing evolution of the dust. The size of the infrared emitting region continues to grow and may now be big enough to resolve. This may help to answer some questions such as whether the dust shell is `blobby' or smooth.



Nye Evans
2000-07-28