Infrared studies of symbiotic stars

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

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Giant Stars, Infrared Astronomy, Stellar Atmospheres, Variable Stars, Infrared Photometry, Infrared Spectrophotometers, Infrared Spectroscopy, Late Stars, M Stars, Mira Variables, Stellar Envelopes, Stellar Spectra, Tables (Data)

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Infrared photometry and spectroscopy of symbiotic stars is reviewed. It is shown that at wavelengths beyond micron these systems are generally dominated by the cool star's photosphere and, indeed, are indistinguishable from ordinary late-type giants. About 25% of symbiotic stars exhibit additional emission due to circumstellar dust. Most of the dusty systems probably involve Mira variables, the dust forming in the atmospheres of the Miras. In a few cases the dust is much cooler and the cool component hotter; the dust must then form in distant gas shielded from the hot component, perhaps by an accretion disk.

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