A spitzer study of asymptotic giant branch stars. III. Dust production and gas return in local group dwarf irregular galaxies

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 697, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1993-2014

  Boyer, Martha L ^a   Skillman, Evan D ^b   Van Loon, Jacco Th ^c   Gehrz, Robert D ^b   Woodward, Charles E ^b  

^a STScI   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: irregular; Stars: AGB and post AGB; Stars: carbon; Stars: mass loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 66649134130     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/697/2/1993     Document Type: Article

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