Late Stages of Stellar Evolution

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Observations of OH/IR and Mira Stars

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Infrared Observations of Radio Luminous OH/IR Stars

      • Terry Jay Jones

      Pages 3-17

   3. High Spatial Resolution Infrared Observations of Evolved Stars

      • H. Melvin Dyck

      Pages 19-32

   4. Mira Variables and the Galactic Bulge Population

      • M. W. Feast, P. A. Whitelock

      Pages 33-46

   5. Mass Loss from Red Giants: Infrared Spectroscopy

      • P. G. Wannier

      Pages 47-47

   6. Identification of Cool Iras Sources

      • Bruce J. Hrivnak, Sun Kwok, R. T. Boreiko

      Pages 49-50

   7. The Period-Luminosity Relationship for Mira-Like Variables in the LMC

      • I. S. Glass, R. M. Catchpole, M. W. Feast, P. A. Whitelock, I. N. Reid

      Pages 51-54

   8. Distances, Luminosities, and Shell Structures of OH/IR Stars

      • J. Herman, H. J. Habing

      Pages 55-71

   9. High-Resolution Radio Observations of OH/IR Stars

      • P. F. Bowers

      Pages 73-73

   10. Identification of OH/IR Stars from Color Selected IRAS Sources

       • B. M. Lewis

       Pages 75-78

   11. OH/IR Stars in the Galactic Centre

       • M. Lindqvist, A. Winnberg, H. E. Matthews, H. J. Habing, F. M. Olnon

       Pages 79-81

   12. 1612 Mhz Survey of Selected IRAS Point Sources

       • P. te Lintel Hekkert

       Pages 83-84

   13. The Kinematic Nature and Evolution of OH/IR Maser Sources

       • Sun Jin

       Pages 85-86

   14. A Search for Water Maser Emission from OH/IR Stars

       • D. Engels, J. Schmid-Burgk, C. M. Walmsley

       Pages 87-89

   15. Non-Variable OH/IR Stars/ Very Young Planetary Nebulae?

       • H. J. Habing, W. van der Veen, T. Geballe

       Pages 91-95

   16. A Study of Dust Condensation Around M Mira Variables Based on IRAS LRS Observations

       • Takashi Onaka, Teije de Jong

       Pages 97-100

3. Observations of Carbon Stars

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101

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   2. Mass Loss from Carbon Stars — Observations of the CO Millimeter Wavelength Rotational Lines

      • G. R. Knapp

      Pages 103-118

   3. Interferometric Observations of Circumstellar Envelopes at Millimeter Wavelengths

      • Colin R. Masson

      Pages 119-129

Over the last decade we have witnessed a rapid change in our understanding of the late stages of stellar evolution. A major stimulus to this has been the synthesis of observational data from different wavebands of the electromagnetic spectrum. The advent of infrared astronomy has led to the discovery of many luminous. late-type stars obscured by their circumstellar dust envelope. Sources discovered in the IRC and AFGL infrared sky surveys were followed up by radio observa­ tions, leading to the widespread use of the OH and CO molecules as probes of the circumstellar envelopes. Advances in the technique of aperture synthesis have made possible observations with unprecedent resolving power, both in spectral-line and continuum. The success of the recent IRAS sky survey, with the detection of over 250,000 sources, brings the promise of even more exciting years ahead. This area of astronomical research is also blessed with the close collaboration between theorists and observers. New ideas are constantly being quantitatively tested by new data. Theoretical predictions are eagerly used as guides for further observations. This conference was initiated with the following objective: bring together workers in optical, infrared, radio and theoretical astronomy and let them confront each other. Based on the post-conference res­ ponses we received, many of the participants have indeed found this Workshop a stimulating experience. The Workshop on the Late Stages of Stellar Evolution was held from 2-5 June 1986 in Calgary, Canada.

• Bulge
• CCD
• Galaxy
• stars
• stellar

• University of Calgary, Canada

  S. Kwok

• Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Groningen, The Netherlands

  S. R. Pottasch

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