The Evolution of the Circumstellar Shell of C-J Stars: New Models Based on Gemini/T-ReCS Observations

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Circumstellar Shells, Clouds, And Expanding Envelopes, Circumstellar Masers, Giant And Subgiant Stars, Applications Of Monte Carlo Methods

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A large number of questions related to the C-J type carbon stars remain unanswered. The circumstellar shell of these stars is usually carbon-rich, as one would expect. Nevertheless, there is a peculiar group of C-J stars which were classified as silicon-rich C-J stars, due to their emission at 9.8 μm. This kind of emission is commonly seen in oxygen-rich stars and is connected to silicon dust grains at the circumstellar shell. Following the most established theories, the occurrence of this peculiar type of circumstellar shell around carbon-rich stars can only exist if the AGB star in question is in fact part of binary system. In this work we present an analysis of the circumstellar shell of 2 C-J stars using LRS-IRAS and T-ReCS Gemini spectra obtained in 1986 and 2007, respectively. One is a normal C-J star, namely C* 2123, and the other is a silicon-rich C-J, MC79 2-11. The joint study of the two kinds of C-J stars allows a more representative analysis of this class of stars.

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