Published June 15, 1974 | Version v1
Journal article

On the C2, CN, and CO indices of carbon stars

Creators

  • 1. Louisiana State University Observatory, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803

Description

The CO, CN, and C2 photometric indices of carbon stars can be simply related by plotting log CN!C2 versus log CO/C2. Our relation appears consistent with the hypothesis that carbon stars have only small changes in N/O ratio. Carbon stars that are Mira variables fall below our relation for non-Miras. The lower CN indices of the Miras may be related to an increase in the strength of their 11 Si3N4 peaks. Carbon stars of type J (13C rich) fall above our relation, suggesting that they have slightly larger N/O ratios than non-J stars. Subject headings: carbon stars - molecules - photometry

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Additional titles

Augmented title (English)
Non-miras, strength of their 11 #omega# Si_3N_4 peaks

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
The Astrophysical Journal
Journal Volume
190
Journal Issue
3
Series
Astrophys. J.
Journal Page Range
597
ISSN
0004-637X

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
6159289
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBON STARS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COSMOCHEMISTRY; CYANOGEN; MOLECULES; PHOTOMETRY; VARIABLE STARS
Descriptors DEC
CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON OXIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; CHEMISTRY; ELEMENTS; NONMETALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; STARS

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