NEW CANDIDATES FOR CARBON STARS WITH SILICATE FEATURES

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CHAN, SJ
KWOK, S
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INFRARED; SOURCES; STARS; CARBON;
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10.1086/170841
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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All stars in the General Catalogue of Cool Galactic Carbon Stars with IRAS 12-mu-m fluxes greater than 10 Jy were searched for LRS spectra in the IRAS LRS data base. Out of the 532 spectra examined, 11 were found to show the 9.7-mu-m silicate emission feature. Four of these are identified for the first time. This group of carbon stars may represent transition objects between oxygen-rich and carbon-rich stars on the asymptotic giant branch.
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