Published 1981
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Book Section - Chapter
Observed Bolometric Luminosities of Carbon Stars
Chicago
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Abstract
To the best of our knowledge, most carbon stars are cool stars on their second ascent of the giant branch, i.e. the asymptotic giant branch. By some means they have mixed nuclear processed, carbon enriched material to their surfaces and probably have luminosities that are greater than those that mark the termination point of first time evolution up the giant branch, i.e. the location of the core helium flash. Observational and theoretical evidence for this picture may be found in Iben and Truran (1978), Renzini and Voli (1980), Scalo (1976), Richer, Olander and Westerlund (1979), and earlier references these authors cite.
Additional Information
© D. Reidel Publishing Company 1981. We are very grateful to Victor Blanco, Martin McCarthy, and Betty Blanco for supplying us with the results of their grism surveys before publication. Our program would have been impossible otherwise. JAF thanks Icko Iben and Alvio Renzini for several informative discussions.Additional details
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- 95925
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-009-8492-9_15
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- Astrophysics and Space Science Library
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- 88