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Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars in the Magellanic Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

Neill Reid  and
J. R. Mould
Neill Reid
Affiliation:
Palomar Observatory, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
J. R. Mould
Affiliation:
Palomar Observatory, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

Abstract

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Since the pioneering objective prism surveys by Westerlund (1960) and Blanco et al. (1980), the Magellanic Clouds have proved a fruitful site for exploring the evolution of AGB stars. We have used photometric techniques to extend the prism C-star surveys to M- and S-type AGB stars, constructing luminosity functions and obtaining spectra of individual stars for comparison with theoretical predictions. We have concentrated on the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), but we have recently obtained observations of luminous red giants in a region of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). In this paper we compare the results from these studies of the two satellite systems.

Type
Stellar Evolution
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 148: The Magellanic Clouds , 1991 , pp. 363 - 364
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991 

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