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 - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 9401088969 ISBN 13 : 9789401088961

Editeur : Springer, 2011

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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?".

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• Éditeur: Springer
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9401088969
• ISBN 13: 9789401088961
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 340
• Éditeur: Morris Mark, Zuckerman Arie J.
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