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Title: CARBON STARS FROM LAMOST DR2 DATA

Journal Article · · Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
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  1. Department of Physics, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024 (China)
  2. Key Lab of Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012 (China)

In this work, we present the new catalog of carbon stars from the LAMOST DR2 catalog. In total, 894 carbon stars are identified from multiple line indices measured from the stellar spectra. We are able to identify the carbon stars by combining the CN bands in the red end with C{sub 2} and other lines. Moreover, we also classify the carbon stars into spectral sub-types of C–H, C–R, and C–N. These sub-types show distinct features in the multi-dimensional line indices, implying that in the future they can be used to identify carbon stars from larger spectroscopic data sets. While the C–N stars are clearly separated from the others in the line index space, we find no clear separation between the C–R and C–H sub-types. The C–R and C–H stars seem to smoothly transition from one to another. This may hint that the C–R and C–H stars may not be different in their origins, instead their spectra look different because of different metallicities. Due to the relatively low spectral resolution and lower signal-to-noise ratio, the ratio of {sup 12}C/{sup 13}C is not measured and thus the C–J stars are not identified.

OSTI ID:
22661044
Journal Information:
Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, Vol. 226, Issue 1; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0067-0049
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English