J-type carbon stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Morgan, D H; Cannon, Russell; Hatzidimitriou, D.; Croke, Barry

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J-type carbon stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Date

2003

Authors

Morgan, D H

Cannon, Russell

Hatzidimitriou, D.

Croke, Barry

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

A sample of 1497 carbon stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) has been observed in the red part of the spectrum with the 2dF facility on the Anglo-Australian Telescope. Of these, 156 have been identified as J-type (i.e. 13C-rich) carbon stars using a