Mass loss from red giants in the Magellanic Clouds

2005/03/02 by Jacco Th. van Loon, van Loon, Jacco Th.
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0503035

Contribution to the proceedings of "The Spitzer Space Telescope: New Views of the Cosmos" (November 2004, Pasadena US). 2 pages, 1 figure

arxiv created 2005/03/02 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

The Magellanic Clouds provide the ideal laboratory for the study of mass loss and molecule and dust formation in red giants as a function of luminosity and metal abundance. I present some recent observational work.

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