M giants in Macho, DENIS and Isogal

Abstract

A complete sample of 174 M giants classified by Blanco (1986) and later than subtype M0 in the NGC6522 Baade's Window clear field has been investigated to establish some general properties of cool Bulge stars. Photometric information has been obtained from the MACHO database to search for variability and, where possible, to determine periods. Near- and mid-IR magnitudes have been extracted from DENIS and ISOGAL. 46 semi-regular variables and 2 irregulars were found a mongst the 174. Many M5 and all stars M6 or later show variation, whereas earlier subtypes do not. The DENIS I-J and J-K_S colours and the luminosities of the M stars increase with M sub-class. K tends to increase with log P among M-type SR variables. Almost all the variables were detected at 7 microns during the ISOGAL programme. Excess radiation at 15 microns, indicative of heavy mass loss, is associated with very high luminosity and late spectral type. The limit of sensitivity of the ISOGAL survey was such that the non-variables were not detected. Four probable M stars not listed by Blanco (1986), two of which are semi-regular variables, were detected by ISOGAL. In the case of doubly-periodic SR variables, the longer periods have K mags which place them close to the D line of Wood (2000) in a K,log P diagram. The unusual MACHO light curve of one particular star, Blanco 26, shows the commencement of a long-period variation with an anomalously short and sharp event and appears to rule out a pulsational model for this phenomenon.

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