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Boyer, Martha L.; Sonneborn, George; McDonald, Iain; Zijlstra, Albert; Srinivasan, Sundar; Loon, Jacco Th. van; Olsen, Knut A. G., E-mail: martha.boyer@nasa.gov2015
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[en] We have identified a new class of Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars in the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds (SMC/LMC) using optical to infrared photometry, light curves, and optical spectroscopy. The strong dust production and long-period pulsations of these stars indicate that they are at the very end of their AGB evolution. Period–mass–radius relations for the fundamental-mode pulsators give median current stellar masses of in the LMC and in the SMC (with dispersions of 0.21 and 0.18 , respectively), and models suggest initial masses of <1.5 and <1.25 , respectively. This new class of stars includes both O-rich and C-rich chemistries, placing the limit where dredge-up allows carbon star production below these masses. A high fraction of the brightest among them should show S star characteristics indicative of atmospheric C/O 1, and many will form O-rich dust prior to their C-rich phase. These stars can be separated from their less-evolved counterparts by their characteristically red colors.
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Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/810/2/116; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Since 2009, the country of publication for this journal is the UK.
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