Orbits of Post-AGB Stars with Dusty Discs
Abstract
Optical photometry and radial velocities have been obtained for stars whose near- and mid-infrared colours suggest that they have dusty circumstellar discs; many are RV Tauri variables. A subset of six stars have earlier spectral types and smaller light amplitudes than classical RV Tauri stars. All are spectroscopic binaries, with surprisingly short periods.
- Publication:
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Binary Stars as Critical Tools & Tests in Contemporary Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- August 2007
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2007IAUS..240..682L