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- Title
A Study of the Dusty Disks and Shells around Post-RGB Stars in the LMC.
- Authors
Sarkar, Geetanjali; Sahai, Raghvendra
- Abstract
A new class of dusty post-Red Giant Branch (post-RGB) stars has recently been identified in the Magellanic Clouds. Their spectral energy distributions (SEDs) suggest that their mass-ejecta are similar to dusty post-Asymptotic Giant Branch (post-AGB) stars. We modeled the SEDs of a select sample of post-RGB and post-AGB stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), quantified the total dust mass in the disks and shells and set rough constraints on the dust grain compositions and sizes. The shells were significantly more massive than the disks. Our models suggest that circumstellar disks, when present, are geometrically thick with a substantial opening angle, which is consistent with numerical simulations of CE evolution (CEE). Comparison of our model dust mass values with the predictions of dust production during CEE on the RGB suggest that CEE occurred near or at the tip of the RGB for the post-RGB sources in our sample. Amorphous silicate emission features at 10 and 18 μ m are seen in the model spectra of several post-RGBs. A surprising result is that the ejected dust in certain post-RGB sources appears to be carbon-rich, thus, providing independent support for the hypothesis of binary interactions leading to the formation of dusty post-RGB objects.
- Subjects
LARGE magellanic cloud; SPECTRAL energy distribution; CIRCUMSTELLAR matter; MAGELLANIC clouds; COMPOSITION of grain; ASYMPTOTIC giant branch stars
- Publication
Galaxies (2075-4434), 2022, Vol 10, Issue 2, p56
- ISSN
2075-4434
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/galaxies10020056