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Large Magellanic Cloud Carbon Stars: Reading the Rosetta Stone of Stellar Evolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Jay A. Frogel  and
Edgardo Costa
Jay A. Frogel
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, U.S.A.; and Physics Department, University of Durham, Durham, England
Edgardo Costa
Affiliation:
Departamento de Astronomia, Universidad de Chile Santiago, Chile

Abstract

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We discuss new results based on RI and JHK photometry for 888 and 204 carbon stars, respectively, of the 1035 C stars found by Blanco and his collaborators in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Bolometric magnitudes and effective temperatures for these stars are calculated and compared with theoretical predictions. We find a spatial gradient in the transition luminosity between M and C type stars. This has implications for the age of the most recent major epoch of star formation in the LMC.

Type
Session I — Surveys
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 177: The Carbon Star Phenomenon , 2000 , pp. 41 - 50
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 2000 

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