Overview
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Kris Davidson
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Department of Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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A. F. J. Moffat
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Département de Physique, Université de Montréal, Canada
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H. J. G. L. M. Lamers
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SRON, Laboratory for Space Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Table of contents (51 papers)
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Main Papers, General Discussions, and Two Panel Discussions
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General Background
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- R. P. Kudritzki, A. Gabler, H. G. Groth, A. W. A. Pauldrach, J. Puls
Pages 67-82
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- C. D. Garmany, E. L. Fitzpatrick
Pages 83-90
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Quiescentn vs. eruptive states, and related
matters
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- Claus Leitherer, David C. Abbott, Werner Schmutz
Pages 109-116
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- J. P. Cassinelli, R. E. Schulte-Ladbeck, C. H. Poe, M. Abbott
Pages 121-126
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- Cornelis de Jager, Arnout M. van Genderen
Pages 127-130
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- J. Smoliński, J. L. Climenhaga, J. M. Fletcher
Pages 131-134
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Circumstellar ejecta and the possibility of
bipolar or axial symmetry
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About this book
A strange field of speculation is opened by this phenomenon ... here we have a star fitfully variable to an astonishing extent. and whose fluctuations are spread over centuries. apparently in no settled period. and with no regularity of progression. What origin can we ascribe to these sudden flashes and relapses? What conclusions are we to draw as to the comfort or habitability of a system depending for its supply of light and heat on so uncertain a source? -- J. F. W. Herschel! We can imagine, at least, that the study of Luminous Blue Variable stars began as the official court astrophysicists of Eridu speculated about a new 5000 years ago first-magnitude star which persisted in their southern sky for several years.2 After that the topic languished for a while, but now it has been renewed following recent observations by Blaeu (P Cygni, c.1600) and Herschel (1] Argus, c.1840) ... -- More soberly, it is only within the past few years that we have begun to understand LBV's and to recognize their coherence as a class. Thus only a minority of astronomers are familiar yet with this relatively new topic, whose potential impli cations are of great interest (see below). One purpose of this book, we hope, will be to provide an accessible overview of the subject for interested astronomers and astrophysicists in general.
Reviews
`This, then, is the first thorough, wide-ranging discussion of a group of stars which appears to be central to an understanding of evolution in the upper HR diagram. What's more, it's the best presented conference book I have ever seen since `camera-ready' became compulsory. Highly recommended.'
The Observatory 111:1100, February 1991
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Kris Davidson
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Département de Physique, Université de Montréal, Canada
A. F. J. Moffat
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SRON, Laboratory for Space Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands
H. J. G. L. M. Lamers
