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Phase Lags in the Optical-Infrared Light Curves of AGB Stars | | Beverly J. Smith
; Stephan D. Price
; Amanda J. Moffett
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8 Sep 2005 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Affiliation: | ETSU), Stephan D. Price (AFRL), and Amanda J. Moffett (ETSU | | Abstract: | To search for phase lags in the optical-infrared light curves of asymptotic giant branch stars, we have compared infrared data from the COBE DIRBE satellite with optical light curves from the AAVSO and other sources. We found 17 examples of phase lags in the time of maximum in the infrared vs. that in the optical, and 4 stars with no observed lags. There is a clear difference between the Mira variables and the semi-regulars in the sample, with the maximum in the optical preceding that in the near-infrared in the Miras, while in most of the semi-regulars no lags are observed. Comparison to published theoretical models indicates that the phase lags in the Miras are due to strong titanium oxide absorption in the visual at stellar maximum, and suggests that Miras pulsate in the fundamental mode, while at least some semi-regulars are first overtone pulsators. There is a clear optical-near-infrared phase lag in the carbon-rich Mira V CrB; this is likely due to C2 and CN absorption variations in the optical. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0509204 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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