Determining the forsterite abundance of the dust around AGB stars

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2010-11-04

arxiv.org/abs/1011.1123v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Conference proceedings for "Why Galaxies Care About AGB stars 2", Vienna 2010

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We present a diagnostic tool to determine the forsterite abundance of the dust ejected by AGB stars. Our method is based on a comparison between the observed strength of spectral bands of forsterite and model calculations. We show that the 11.3 {\mu}m forsterite band is a robust indicator of the forsterite abundance of the current mass-loss period for AGB stars with an optically thick dust shell. The 33.6 {\mu}m band of forsterite is sensitive to changes in the density and the geometry of the emitting dust shell, and so a less robust indicator. We apply this method to six high mass-loss rate AGB stars, showing that AGB stars can have forsterite abundances of 12% by mass and higher, which is more than the previously found maximum abundance of 5%.

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