Abstract. A preliminary analysis of the data from the MSX space infrared satellite, seems to confirm that the [8.8]-[12.5] micron color index is well correlated with the mass-loss rates in carbon stars of our Galaxy. The extension of this midinfrared observation criterion to the Magellanic Clouds, w...
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2003
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.255.2081 http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0308378v2.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract. A preliminary analysis of the data from the MSX space infrared satellite, seems to confirm that the [8.8]-[12.5] micron color index is well correlated with the mass-loss rates in carbon stars of our Galaxy. The extension of this midinfrared observation criterion to the Magellanic Clouds, with a small-size telescope like IRAIT, able to perform a continuous survey from Dome-C on the Antarctic Plateau, could be crucial to trace the local AGB population and evolution. |
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