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Jan 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993apj...402..667j&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 402, no. 2, p. 667-679.
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Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars, Binary Stars, M Stars, S Stars, Stellar Mass Accretion, Abundance, Color-Magnitude Diagram, Interstellar Extinction, Iue, K Stars, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Spectra
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To test the popular hypothesis that technetium-deficient stars of spectral types S and MS are mass-transfer binaries, we have searched for ultraviolet light from the putative hot secondaries in spectra taken with the SWP spectrograph of IUE. Although most S and MS stars are apparently thermally pulsing AGB (asymptotic giant branch) stars whose surfaces have been enriched with s-process elements and carbon dredged up from the interior, those stars whose spectra show enhanced s-process elements but no Tc are widely believed to be cooler analogs of the Ba II stars, which apparently owe their unusual abundances to prior mass transfer, the Tc from which has decayed away. We report IUE observations of 15 S and MS stars with the SWP, including the identification of six hot companions. Assembling all the IUE observations made to date, we find clear support for the mass-transfer hypothesis, confirming evidence from other lines of research. We further discuss the ages of the companions and the implications of these discoveries for stellar evolution.
Ake Thomas B.
Ameen Mudhaffer M.
Johnson Hollis R.
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