Carbon abundances and isotope ratios in 70 bright M giants

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

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Abundance, Carbon Isotopes, Giant Stars, M Stars, Stellar Spectrophotometry, G Stars, K Stars, Stellar Atmospheres, Stellar Models, Stellar Spectra

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Approximate carbon abundances and C-12/C-13 isotope ratios are obtained for 70 M giant stars from intermediate-resolution spectrophotometry of the CO bands near 2.3 microns. A low mean carbon abundance (C/H = -0.64 + or - 0.29) is obtained, suggesting that standard mixing is insufficient to explain atmospheric abundances in M giants. HR 8795 appears to be exceptionally carbon deficient, and is worthy of further study as a possible weak G-band star descendant.

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