Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-06-27
Astron.Astrophys.488:675-684,2008
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
17 pages + 19 pages of "Online Material", 9 figures, 12 tables. Accepted for publication in "Astronomy & Astrophysics"
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:200809932
AGB phases mark the end of the evolution for Low- and Intermediate-Mass Stars. Our understanding of the mechanisms through which they eject the envelope and our assessment of their contribution to the chemical evolution of Galaxies are hampered by poor knowledge of their Luminosities and mass loss rates,both for C-rich and for O-rich sources.We plan to establish criteria permitting a more quantitative determination of luminosities for the various types of AGB stars on the basis of IR fluxes.In this paper we concentrate on O-rich and s-element-rich MS, S stars and include a small sample of SC stars.We reanalyze the absolute bolometric magnitudes and colors of MS, S, SC stars on the basis of a sample of intrinsic and extrinsic long period variables.We derive bolometric corrections as a function of near- and mid-IR colors,adopting as references a group of stars for which the SED could be reconstructed in detail over a large wavelength range.We determine the absolute HR diagrams and compare luminosities and colors of S-type giants with those of C-rich AGB stars. Luminosity estimates are also verified on the basis of existing Period-Luminosity relations valid for O-rich Miras.S star bolometric luminosities are almost indistinguishable from those of C-rich AGB stars.Their circumstellar envelopes are thinner and less opaque.Despite this last property the IR wavelengths remain dominant, with the bluest stars having their maximum emission in the H or K bands.Based on Period-Luminosity relations for O-rich Miras and on Magnitude-color relations for the same variables we show how approximate distances for sources of so far unknown parallax can be inferred. We argue that most of the sources have a rather small mass(<2Msun);dredge-up might then be not effective enough to let the C/O ratio exceed unity.
Busso Maurizio
Guandalini Roald
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