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Very Large Telescope three micron spectra of dust-enshrouded red giants in the Large Magellanic Cloud

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2006

Authors

van Loon, Jacco Th
Marshall, J R
Cohen, Marvin L.
Matsuura, Mikako
Wood, Peter R
Yamamura, I
Zijlstra, Albert A

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Springer

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We present ESO/VLT spectra in the 2.9-4.1 μm range for a large sample of infrared stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), selected on the basis of MSX and 2MASS colours to be extremely dust-enshrouded AGB star candidates. Out of 30 targets, 28 are pos

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Keywords: Absorption; Astrophysics; Carbon; Galaxies; Circumstellar matter; Infrared: stars; Magellanic Clouds; Stars: AGB and post-AGB; Stars: carbon; Stars: mass-loss; Telescopes Circumstellar matter; Infrared: stars; Magellanic Clouds; Stars: AGB and post-AGB; Stars: carbon; Stars: mass-loss

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/20174

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ANU Research Publications

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Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Journal article

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10.1051/0004-6361:20054222

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