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Robert Izzard The J-<strong>type</strong> Carbon Stars<br />

Silicate Discs<br />

10% of J <strong>stars</strong> show silicate discs<br />

But … Silicate = oxygen rich!<br />

Binary model, disc is around<br />

The other star or<br />

Both <strong>stars</strong> (Deroo etal 2007 A&A467,1093)<br />

1 yr disc replenishment but<br />

14 yr obs. (Yamamura et al 2000 A&A 363,629)<br />

All silicate C­<strong>stars</strong> are J <strong>stars</strong><br />

Si O2<br />

Not all J <strong>stars</strong> have silicates: non­eq chemistry?

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