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Jul 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991aj....102..289b&link_type=abstract
Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 102, July 1991, p. 289-294.
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Carbon Stars, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Mass, Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars, Interstellar Matter, Main Sequence Stars, Stellar Envelopes, Stellar Models
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This paper considers the existence of a population of carbon stars that is more massive than that described by Claussen et al. (1987) (1.2-1.6 solar mass). These more massive stars are characterized by molecular envelopes that expand at velocities V-infinity not less than 17.5 km/s and confinemenet to low Galactic latitude. An exponential fit to height above the Galactic plane demonstrates that the carbon stars with high V-infinity are described by a smaller scale height, 107 pc, than that which characterizes carbon stars with low V-infinity, 270 pc. A 100-pc scale height is characteristic of main-sequence stars of mass not less than 2.5-4 solar masses. The larger ratio of 12 to 2 micron fluxes for high V-infinity carbon stars as compared with other carbon stars demonstrates that the former group is more dust obscured. Based on the incidence of optical designations, H-alpha emission, and the 12-micron/2-micron ratio, the stars with larger V-infinity generally have larger mass-loss rates and might dominate the mass returned by carbon stars to the ISM.
Barnbaum Cecilia
Kastner Joel H.
Zuckerman Ben
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