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Pulsation and Mass Loss in Stars

Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Trieste, Italy, September 14–18, 1987

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1988

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  1. R. Stalio

    1. Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy

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  2. L. A. Willson

    1. Physics Department, Iowa State University, Ames, USA

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 148)

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Table of contents (18 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Pulsation and Mass Loss from Cool Stars

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Mechanism of Mass Loss from Pulsating Cool Stars

      • G. H. Bowen
      Pages 3-25

    3. The Fourier Decomposition Technique: Interpreting the Variations of Pulsating Stars

      • Norman R. Simon
      Pages 27-50

    4. The Winds from Cool Stars Including the Sun

      • R. Hammer
      Pages 51-72

    5. Summary by M. Hack and L. A. Willson of Selected Short Contributions on Cool Stars by

      • R. Hammer, M. Cuntz, M. Fracassini, L. E. Pasinetti Fracassini, E. G. Schmidt, T. J. Teays et al.
      Pages 73-79

  3. Pre-Main Sequence Objects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. Circumstellar Matter and Winds in Young Stars

      • Martin Cohen
      Pages 83-104

    3. Winds from Low Mass Protostars

      • Frank H. Shu, Susana Lizano, Fred C. Adams, Steven P. Ruden
      Pages 105-118

    4. Evolution of the Outer Atmospheres of Pre-Main-Sequence Stars

      • Alexander Brown
      Pages 119-132

    5. The Fu Orionis Variables: Accretion and Mass Loss

      • Scott Kenyon, Lee Hartmann
      Pages 133-154

  4. Helio- and Astro- Seismology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
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    2. Introduction to Helio- and Astro-Seismology

      • Stuart Jordan
      Pages 157-161

    3. Observations of Solar Oscillations

      • Franz-Ludwig Deubner
      Pages 163-179

    4. Solar and Stellar Nonradial Oscillations, Wave Propagation and Heating of the Upper Atmosphere

      • Lucio Paterno
      Pages 181-206

    5. Summary by S. Jordan and L. A. Willson of Selected Contributions on Helio- and Astero- Seismology

      • D. O. Gough, L. A. M. Nejad, J. Perdang
      Pages 207-208

  5. Pulsation and Mass Loss from Hot Stars

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-209
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    2. Mass Loss and Non-Radial Pulsations in Be Stars

      • A. G. Hearn
      Pages 211-227

    3. Time-Dependent Mass Loss from Hot Stars with and without Radiative Driving

      • John I. Castor, Stanley P. Owocki, George B. Rybicki
      Pages 229-249

    4. Nonradial Pulsations and Early Be Stars: Angular Momentum Considerations

      • Myron A. Smith
      Pages 251-274
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About this book

Stellar mass loss is an essential part of the cycling of material from the interstellar medium into stars and back, and must be understood if we are to model processes on galactic to cosmological scales. The study of stellar winds and the effects of stellar mass loss has reached a particularly exciting stage where observational capabilities are increasingly able to provide interesting constraints on models and theories. Recent resu1ts from theoretical and observational work for both hot and cool stars with substantial winds have led to the suggestion that a combination of pulsation with other mechanisms makes for particularly efficient mass loss from stars. This provided the original motivation for the organization of this workshop. The conference was organized along relatively conventional lines according to the types of objects being scrutinized. However the true unity of the proceedings comes from the interplay of the mechanisms involved. For example, for the cool, luminous Mira variables, pulsation leads to shock waves that extend the atmosphere, enhancing dust formation; radiation pressure on dust drives the wind, cooling the atmosphere and in some cases suppressing the shocks. Similarly for the Be stars, both pulsation (in this case, non-radial) and radiation pressure (due to UV resonance lines) are expected to be important, and this expectation is at least qualitatively borne out by the observations.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy

    R. Stalio

  • Physics Department, Iowa State University, Ames, USA

    L. A. Willson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Pulsation and Mass Loss in Stars

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Trieste, Italy, September 14–18, 1987

  • Editors: R. Stalio, L. A. Willson

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3029-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1988

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2770-1Published: 31 July 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7861-0Published: 01 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-3029-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0067-0057

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 336

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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