Chemical abundance analysis of 13 southern symbiotic giants from high-resolution spectra at ~1.56 μm

Cezary Galan, Joanna Mikolajewska, Kenneth H. Hinkle +1

Symbiotic stars (SySt) are binaries composed of a star in the later stages of evolution and a stellar remnant. The enhanced mass-loss from the giant drives interacting mass exchang…