Description: Mass Loss from Red Giants Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Proceedings of a Conference held at the University of California at Los Angeles, U.S.A., June 20-21, 1984 Author(s): Mark Morris, Arie J. Zuckerman Format: Paperback Publisher: Springer, Netherlands Imprint: Springer ISBN-13: 9789401088961, 978-9401088961 Synopsis 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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Book Title: Mass Loss from Red Giants
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Name: 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
Language: English
Publisher: Springer
Item Height: 235 mm
Subject: Astronomy
Publication Year: 2011
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 522 g
Author: Mark Morris, Arie J. Zuckerman
Item Width: 155 mm
Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
Format: Paperback
