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

Arie J. Zuckerman

ISBN 10: 9027720754 / ISBN 13: 9789027720757

Edité par Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands, 1985

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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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• Titre: 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
• Éditeur: Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands
• Date de parution: 1985
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 9027720754
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9789027720757
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 260 L x 183 H x 23 P (en millimètres) 260 millimètres de largeur par 183 millimètres de hauteur par 23 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 838 grammes

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