Where is the Metallicity Ceiling to Form Carbon Stars? - A Scarcity of Carbon Stars in the Inner Disk of M31
- Author(s)
- M. L. Boyer, Leo Girardi, Paola Marigo, B. F. Williams, Bernhard Aringer
- 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.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Astrophysics
- External organisation(s)
- Osservatorio Astronomico, University of Padova
- Pages
- 479 - 480
- Publication date
- 08-2015
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103003 Astronomy, 103004 Astrophysics
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/where-is-the-metallicity-ceiling-to-form-carbon-stars--a-scarcity-of-carbon-stars-in-the-inner-disk-of-m31(b2729525-9a3f-484d-a335-d8e9427ddeca).html