Are the silicate crystallinities of oxygen-rich evolved stars related to their mass loss rates? [SSA]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1809.10293


A sample of 28 oxygen-rich evolved stars is selected based on the presence of crystalline silicate emission features in their ISO/SWS spectra. The crystallinity, measured as the flux fraction of crystalline silicate features, is found not related to mass loss rate that is derived from fitting the spectral energy distribution.

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B. Jiang, J. Liu and A. Li
Fri, 28 Sep 18
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Comments: 2 pages,1 figure; To appear in IAU Symp. 343 “Why Galaxies Care About AGB Stars: A Continuing Challenge through Cosmic Time” (Vienna, Austria; August 20 – 23, 2018)