Are the silicate crystallinities of oxygen-rich evolved stars related to their mass loss rates?
arXiv:1809.10293
Abstract
A sample of 28 oxygen-rich evolved stars is selected based on the presence of crystalline silicate emission features in their ISO/SWS spectra. The crystallinity, measured as the flux fraction of crystalline silicate features, is found not related to mass loss rate that is derived from fitting the spectral energy distribution.
2 pages,1 figure; To appear in IAU Symp. 343 "Why Galaxies Care About AGB Stars: A Continuing Challenge through Cosmic Time" (Vienna, Austria; August 20 - 23, 2018)