4 papers
A spectral library and census of near-infrared stellar large-amplitude variables from Palomar Gattini-IR
Nicholas Earley, Viraj Karambelkar, Mansi Kasliwal +9
We present a near-infrared census of stellar large-amplitude variables (LAVs) observed by the Palomar Gattini-IR (PGIR) surveyor from 2019-2021. Over the three-year time period, PG…
Oxygen Isotope Ratios in Hydrogen-Deficient Carbon Stars: A Correlation with Effective Temperature and Implications for White Dwarf Merger Outcomes
Advait Mehla, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Viraj Karambelkar +5
Hydrogen-deficient Carbon (HdC) stars are a class of supergiants with anomalous chemical compositions, suggesting that they are remnants of CO-He white dwarf (WD) mergers. This cla…
Possible anti-correlations between pulsation amplitudes and the disk growth of Be stars in giant-outbursting Be X-ray binaries
Masafumi Niwano, Michael M. Fausnaugh, Ryan M. Lau +15
The mechanism of X-ray outbursts in Be X-ray binaries remains a mystery, and understanding their circumstellar disks is crucial for a solution of the mass-transfer problem. In part…
An infrared census of R Coronae Borealis Stars II -- Spectroscopic classifications and implications for the rate of low-mass white dwarf mergers
Viraj R. Karambelkar, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Patrick Tisserand +18
We present results from a systematic infrared (IR) census of R Coronae Borealis (RCB) stars in the Milky Way, using data from the Palomar Gattini IR (PGIR) survey. R Coronae Boreal…