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Wolf-Rayet Stars: Observations, Physics, Evolution

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  • © 1982

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Editors:
  1. C. W. H. Loore

    1. Astrophysical Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
      Universitair Centrum, Antwerpen, Belgium

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  2. A. J. Willis

    1. University College, London, UK

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Part of the book series: International Astronomical Union Symposia (IAUS, volume 99)

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Table of contents (83 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. The Wolf-Rayet Phenomenon

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Wolf-Rayet Phenomena

      • P. S. Conti
      Pages 3-22

    3. The Effective Temperatures of Early Wolf-Rayet Stars

      • Werner Schmutz
      Pages 23-26

    4. The Galactic Distribution of Wolf-Rayet Stars

      • B. Hidayat, K. Supelli, K. A. van der Hucht
      Pages 27-40

    5. Line Strengths in WN Stars

      • E. Myckky Leep
      Pages 41-45

    6. Hot Mantles, Moderate Photospheres for Wolf-Rayet Stars

      • Anne B. Underhill
      Pages 47-51

    7. Corrections for Hydrostatic Atmospheric Models: Radii and Effective Temperatures of Wolf Rayet Stars

      • C. De Loore, P. Hellings, H. J. G. L. M. Lamers
      Pages 53-56

    8. Preliminary Results of a New Study of the Intrinsic Properties of Wolf-Rayet Stars

      • David G. Turner
      Pages 57-61

    9. Radio Observations of HD 193793

      • David R. Florkowski
      Pages 63-66

    10. Near-Infrared Photometry of Southern Galactic Wolf-Rayet Stars

      • C. Sterken, C. de Loore
      Pages 67-72

    11. Infrared (1.4 – 4.1μm) Spectra of Wolf-Rayet Stars

      • P. M. Williams
      Pages 73-78

    12. The Infrared Recombination-Line Spectra of Wolf-Rayet Stars

      • D. G. Hummer, M. J. Barlow, P. J. Storey
      Pages 79-83

  3. The Chemistry of the Wolf-Rayet Stars

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. The Chemical Composition of the Wolf-Rayet Stars

      • Allan J. Willis
      Pages 87-104

    3. Chemical Composition of Wolf-Rayet Stars: Abundant Evidence for Anomalies

      • C. D. Garmany, P. S. Conti
      Pages 105-107

    4. H/He Ratios for WN Stars in the LMC and the Galaxy

      • Douglas N. Perry, Peter S. Conti
      Pages 109-112

    5. The C/N Ratio in WN and WC Stars

      • Linda J. Smith, Allan J. Willis
      Pages 113-116

    6. On the Chemical Abundances, Evolutionary Stage and Bolometric Magnitude of WR Stars

      • D. Vanbeveren
      Pages 117-120

    7. Absolute Spectrophotometry of Wolf-Rayet Stars: Are the Colors the Same?

      • Philip Massey
      Pages 121-125
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About this book

The formative ideas for this symposium originated in 1978 at the IAU Symposium No. 83 on "Mass Loss and Evolution of O-type Stars" held at Qualicum Beach, Vancouver Island, Canada - WR stars generally figure prominently in O-star meetings and vice versa! Following general appro­ val by the IAU Executive Committee the initial ideas were cemented at a subsequent meeting, IAU Colloquium No. 59 on "The Effects of Mass Loss on Stellar Evolution", held at Miramare, Trieste, Italy in 1980, which was attended by the ma,jority of the present Scientific Organising Committee and at which meeting the outline programme for this symposium was formulated. 1981 was considered an appropriate year in which to hold a meeting on WR stars, since the last IAU Symposium devoted to this stellar class had been held a decade earlier, in Buenos Aires (IAU Sym­ posium No. 49), and during this intervening period a wealth of new observational material had been obtained for WR stars together with significant advances on the theoretical front. The venue for this sym­ posium was chosen from the requirement, which can be inferred from the above, that a meeting on 'hot' stars take place in an appropriate, sunny climate and followed upon the excellent suggestion of Dr. C. Firmani to hold the symposium in Mexico.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Astrophysical Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

    C. W. H. Loore

  • Universitair Centrum, Antwerpen, Belgium

    C. W. H. Loore

  • University College, London, UK

    A. J. Willis

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Wolf-Rayet Stars: Observations, Physics, Evolution

  • Editors: C. W. H. Loore, A. J. Willis

  • Series Title: International Astronomical Union Symposia

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7910-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: International Astronomical Union 1982

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1469-5Due: 31 July 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1470-1Published: 31 July 1982

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-7910-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1743-9213

  • Series E-ISSN: 2352-2186

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 636

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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