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<i>Herschel</i>/HIFI observations of the circumstellar ammonia lines in IRC+10216

<i>Herschel</i>/HIFI observations of the circumstellar ammonia lines in IRC+10216

Context. A discrepancy exists between the abundance of ammonia (NH3) derived previously for the circumstellar envelope (CSE) of IRC+10216 from far-IR submillimeter rotational lines and that inferred from radio inversion or mid-infrared (MIR) absorption transitions.