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Many late-type WC stars exhibit strong IR excesses which have usually been explained by hot dust radiation. Alternatively, we found that free-free and free-bound radiation of a small number of high density clumps beyond the effective radio-emission zone may give rise to “dust-like” IR excesses.
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Nugis, T. (1995). IR Excesses of Late-Type WC Stars: No Dust Needed in Most Cases. In: van der Hucht, K.A., Williams, P.M. (eds) Wolf-Rayet Stars: Binaries, Colliding Winds, Evolution. International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 163. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0205-6_84
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