CH stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud and in our Galaxy
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- 1 November 1992
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Vol. 259 (1) , 6-16
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/259.1.6
Abstract
Infrared JHK photometry is given for all the proposed LMC CH stars in the list of Hartwick & Cowley (43 stars). Their luminosities range up to Mbol ∼ −6 or brighter, making them the most massive carbon stars in the LMC. However, the kinematic discussion of Hartwick & Cowley suggests an age of a few Gyr for them. They may thus be the products of binary mergers, i.e. evolutionary products of blue stragglers of an intermediate-age population. Some analogous stars in the halo of the Galaxy may have evolved from globular cluster type blue stragglers.Keywords
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