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

Autor(en)

M. L. Boyer, Leo Girardi, Paola Marigo, B. F. Williams, Bernhard Aringer

Abstrakt

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(en)

Institut für Astrophysik

Externe Organisation(en)

INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Università degli Studi di Padova

Seiten

479 - 480

Publikationsdatum

08-2015

ÖFOS 2012

103003 Astronomie, 103004 Astrophysik

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/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