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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 (Hardcover, 1985 ed.)
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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 (Hardcover, 1985 ed.)
Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 117
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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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