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Velocity Observations of Multiple Mode AGB Variable Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

T. Lebzelter
Affiliation:
Institute for Astronomy, Türkenschanzstrasse 17, A1180 Vienna, Austria
K.H. Hinkle
Affiliation:
National Optical Astronomy Observatory, P.O. Box 26732, Tucson, AZ 85726-6732
R.R. Joyce
Affiliation:
National Optical Astronomy Observatory, P.O. Box 26732, Tucson, AZ 85726-6732
F.C. Fekel
Affiliation:
Tennessee State University, Center of Excellence in Information Systems, 330 10th Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37203

Abstract

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Numerous infrared Spectroscopic observations were obtained of eight AGB field M giants that have multiple periods of light variability. For six of the eight giants we found radial-velocity periods that confirm the long-period light variability. Although we consider the possibility that the velocity variations result from orbital motion, we conclude that the long-period velocity changes in most, if not all of our sample stars, likely result from pulsation rather than duplicity.

Type
Part 5. Mass Loss in Pulsating Stars
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002

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