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Mass Loss from Red Giants

Proceedings of a Conference held at the University of California at Los Angeles, U.S.A., June 20–21, 1984

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  • © 1985

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  1. Mark Morris

    1. Department of Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

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  2. Ben Zuckerman

    1. Department of Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 117)

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Table of contents (48 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. On the Significance of Mass Loss from Bright Red Giants

    • Icko Iben Jr.
    Pages 1-10

  3. Masses of White Dwarfs and Other Remnants: The Ultimate Constraint on Ṁ

    • Virginia Trimble
    Pages 11-19

  4. Optical Spectroscopy of Red Giants

    • Leo Goldberg
    Pages 21-27

  5. Mass Loss in Metal Deficient Red Giants

    • A. K. Dupree, L. Hartmann, G. H. Smith, E. H. Avrett
    Pages 29-30

  6. Mass Loss from Red Giants: Results from Ultraviolet Spectroscopy

    • Jeffrey L. Linsky
    Pages 31-54

  7. Densities, Temperatures and Geometric Extents of C II Emitting Regions in the Winds of Luminous, Late-Type Stars

    • Kenneth G. Carpenter, Alexander Brown, Robert E. Stencel
    Pages 55-56

  8. Results from Optical Interferometry

    • Jacques M. Beckers
    Pages 57-61

  9. High Angular Resolution Interferometric Observations of Betelgeuse in the Visible

    • F. Roddier, C. Roddier, M. Karovska
    Pages 63-64

  10. Mass Loss from Red Giants: Infrared Spectroscopy

    • P. G. Wannier
    Pages 65-79

  11. CO Vibration Rotation Lines from Circumstellar Shells

    • R. Sahai, P. G. Wannier
    Pages 81-82

  12. Circumstellar Dynamics Observed by Infrared Heterodyne Spectroscopy

    • A. L. Betz, D. M. Goldhaber
    Pages 83-84

  13. The Near Circumstellar Environment of Miras

    • Kenneth H. Hinkle
    Pages 85-86

  14. The Infrared Characteristics of Circumstellar Silicate Grains

    • W. Schutte, A. G. G. M. Tielens
    Pages 87-93

  15. Infrared Spatial Interferometry

    • Steven Beckwith
    Pages 95-113

  16. 10 Micron Speckle Interferometry of OH/IR Stars

    • Michael L. Cobb, John D. Fix
    Pages 115-116

  17. Far-Infrared and Submillimeter Photometry of Evolved Stars

    • Michael W. Werner
    Pages 117-128

  18. Thermal Radio Emission from Molecules in Circumstellar Outflows

    • Mark Morris
    Pages 129-148

  19. Time Variations of SiO (v=0, J=2-1) Emission from Circumstellar Shells

    • L-Å. Nyman, H. Olofsson
    Pages 149-150

  20. SiS in Circumstellar Shells

    • R. Sahai, Alwyn Wootten, R. E. S. Clegg
    Pages 151-152
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About this book

Red giant and supergiant stars have long been favorites of professional 6 and amateur astronomers. These enormous stars emit up to 10 times more energy than the Sun and, so, are easy to study. Some of them, specifically the pulsating long-period variables, significantly change their size, brightness, and color within about a year, a time scale of interest to a single human being. Some aspects of the study of red giant stars are similar to the study of pre-main-sequence stars. For example, optical astronomy gives us a tantalizing glimpse of star forming regions but to really investi­ gate young stars and protostars requires infrared and radio astronomy. The same is true of post-main-sequence stars that are losing mass. Optical astronomers can measure the atomic component of winds from red giant stars that are undergoing mass loss at modest rates 6 (M $ 10- M9/yr.). But to see dust grains and molecules properly, 5 especially in stars with truly large mass loss rates, ~ 10- M9/yr, one requires IR and radio astronomy. As this stage of copious mass loss only lasts for ~105 years one might be tempted to ask, "who cares?".

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

    Mark Morris, Ben Zuckerman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mass Loss from Red Giants

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of a Conference held at the University of California at Los Angeles, U.S.A., June 20–21, 1984

  • Editors: Mark Morris, Ben Zuckerman

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5428-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1985

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2075-7Published: 31 August 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8896-1Published: 02 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-5428-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0067-0057

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 320

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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