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Systematic study of AGB stars in the intermediate-age globular clusters in the Magellanic Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

T. Tanabé ,
S. Nishida ,
Y. Nakada ,
T. Onaka ,
I. S. Glass  and
M. Sauvage
T. Tanabé
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8588, Japan
S. Nishida
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8588, Japan
Y. Nakada
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8588, Japan
T. Onaka
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
I. S. Glass
Affiliation:
South African Astronomical Observatory, P.O.Box 9, Observatory 7935, South Africa
M. Sauvage
Affiliation:
CEA/DSM/DAPNIA/Service d'Astrophysique, C. E. N. Saclay F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France

Abstract

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We performed systematic infrared observations of the intermediate-age Magellanic Clouds clusters NGC 419, NGC 1783 and NGC 1978. Mid-infrared stars discovered in NGC 419 and NGC 1978 are very red and must be undergoing intense mass loss (comparable to superwinds). They are probably carbon stars but do not seem to show any FIR excesses. Three optically visible carbon stars as well as (at least) 2 near-infrared carbon stars observed with ISOPHOT show 60 μm excesses which may indicate mass loss in the past. It seems that the MIR stars are fainter than the AGB tip luminosity and that their Mbols are close to those of the transition luminosity from M type to C stars. Therefore, these MIR stars may not be in the final stage of the AGB phase. This may suggest that AGB stars lose mass heavily at some other time, possibly during the transition from M type to C stars.

Type
Part 6. AGB Stars as a Population of Various Galaxies
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 191: Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars , 1999 , pp. 573 - 578
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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