Overview
- Editors:
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Michael Friedjung
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Institut d’Astrophysique (CNRS), Paris, France
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Roberto Viotti
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Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale (CNR), Frascati, Italy
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Table of contents (51 papers)
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New Observations of Symbiotic Stars
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- C. Eiroa, H. Hefele, Qian Zhong-yu
Pages 43-45
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- Y. Andrillat, L. Houziaux
Pages 57-60
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- Nancy A. Oliversen, Christopher M. Anderson
Pages 71-82
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- G. Muratorio, M. Friedjung
Pages 83-84
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- Mark H. Slovak, David L. Lambert
Pages 103-113
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- Christopher M. Anderson, Joseph P. Cassinelli, Nancy A. Oliversen, Roy V. Myers, W. T. Sanders
Pages 117-121
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Discussion on Individual Stars
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Front Matter
Pages 123-124
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- R. Viotti, A. Giangrande, O. Ricciardi, A. Cassatella
Pages 125-130
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About this book
Many aspects of symbiotic stars have long puzzled astronomers. For instance while most students of the subject have considered them binary, many have at different times supported single star models. The nature of their outbursts is uncertain, while the dividing line between symbiotic stars and novae is unclear. In any case doubts can even be raised as to whether a class of "Symbiotic Stars" really exists. Much new data has been obtained in recent years, in particular from the study of radiation outside the visual region. Many symbiotic stars have been studied in the UV with IUE since 1978, while X-rays were det ected in a few cases with the Einstein satellite. There have been a num ber of infrared and radio studies, and the number of known symbiotic stars has also considerably increased. Furthermore theoretical ideas have in recent years been considerably enriched by concepts of stellar winds, and accretion phenomena in binaries including accretion disks. It was there fore extremely opportune and timely to hold the first international meet ing exclusively devoted to these stars, so as to consider the new results from such a wide range of observations in different spectral regions, and the conclusions which can be drawn for possible models as well as theories of the nature and structure of symbiotic stars. After a session devoted to new observations in different spectral regions, a session was spent considering some individual stars.
Editors and Affiliations
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Institut d’Astrophysique (CNRS), Paris, France
Michael Friedjung
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Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale (CNR), Frascati, Italy
Roberto Viotti