Where is the Metallicity Ceiling to Form Carbon Stars? – A Scarcity of Carbon Stars in the Inner Disk of M31

Authors :: Kerschbaum, F.
Wing, R. F.
Hron, J.
Boyer, Martha L.
Girardi, L.
Marigo, P.
Williams, B. F.
Aringer, B.
Nowotny, W.
Rosenfield, P.
Dorman, C. E.
Guhathakurta, P.
Dalcanton, J. J.
Melbourne, J. L.
Olsen, K. A. G.
Weisz, D. R.
Kerschbaum, F.
Wing, R. F.
Hron, J.
Boyer, Martha L.
Girardi, L.
Marigo, P.
Williams, B. F.
Aringer, B.
Nowotny, W.
Rosenfield, P.
Dorman, C. E.
Guhathakurta, P.
Dalcanton, J. J.
Melbourne, J. L.
Olsen, K. A. G.
Weisz, D. R.
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: We have used a novel technique involving near-infrared colors from the Hubble Space Telescope to distinguish C stars from M stars in a field in M31. The resulting C/M ratio is much lower than other estimates in M31.

Database :: OAIster
Notes :: application/pdf, Where is the Metallicity Ceiling to Form Carbon Stars? – A Scarcity of Carbon Stars in the Inner Disk of M31, English
Publication Type :: Electronic Resource
Accession number :: edsoai.on1005055364
Document Type :: Electronic Resource

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