Mass loss from stars and the evolution of stellar clusters
Subtitle: proceedings of a workshop held at Lunteren, The Netherlands, 29 May-1 June 2006
By: edited by Alex de Koter, Linda J. Smith and Laurens B.F.M. Waters
Contributors: Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Series: Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series -- v. 388; Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series -- v. 388.
Publisher: Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Published: 2008
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 471
ISBN-13: 9781583816448
Copyright date: 2008
Subjects: Stars; Congresses; Evolution; Clusters
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1.; title: Mass Loss from Stars -- ; title: Mass Loss and the Evolution of Massive Stars -- ; title: Are Wolf-Rayet Winds Driven by Radiation? -- ; title: Pulsations Beneath the Winds: Unique Precise Photometry from MOST -- ; title: Massive Stars, Supernovae and long GRBs -- ; title: Pre-Supernova Mass Loss Predictions for Massive Stars -- ; title: Rotation and Mass Loss -- ; title: Using Polarization to Study the Winds of Massive Stars -- ; title: Measuring Rotation Rates and Magnetic Fields of Wolf-Rayet Stars -- ; title: Observational Constraints on Mass Loss and Evolution of Massive Stars -- ; title: Stellar Winds from Massive Stars - What are the REAL Mass-Loss Rates? -- ; title: Properties of Galactic B Supergiants -- ; title: The Enigmatic Eta Carinae: Current Status -- ; title: Giant Outbursts of the Eta Carinae-P Cygni Type -- ; title: X-rays and Winds in Massive Stars of Cygnus OB2 -- ; title: Radio Evidence on the Mass Loss Bistability Jump -- ; title: K-band Spectroscopy of Deeply Embedded, Young OB Stars -- ; title: Radio Observations of Mass Loss in OB Stars -- ; title: On the Evolutionary Stage of the Galactic Unclassified B[e] Star CD-42[degree]11721 -- ; title: A New LBV Candidate in M33 -- ; title: The ISM around WR Stars: WR 152 and WR 153ab -- ; title: The Early Mass Loss History of the Classical Nova V1974 Cyg 1992 -- ; title: Stationary Model of a Line Driven Wind with Rotation -- ; title: Large-Scale Wind Variability of WR1 (HD 4004); Towards the Rotation Rate of Wolf-Rayet Stars -- ; title: Probing the Mass-Loss History of VY CMa -- ; title: AGB Mass-Loss Variations: What Can We Learn from (Sub)millimetre Observations? -- ; title: Small Magellanic Cloud Be Stars: Color-magnitude Relations and Mass- Loss -- ; title: Stellar Content of Ultra-Compact H II Regions Using Spitzer/MIPS -- ; title: Ejecta of [eta] Car: What We are Learning about Nitrogen-Rich Chemistry -- ; title: The Wolf-Rayet Population of Westerlund 1 -- ; title: Do We Understand Wolf-Rayet Stars? -- ; title: AG Carinae: a Luminous Blue Variable with a High Rotational Velocity -- ; title: Wind Ram Pressures and Mass Loss Rates of Solar-like Stars -- ; title: A Spitzer IRS Survey of Wolf-Rayet Stars at 10-20 Microns -- ; title: FUSE Observations of three Early-type, Double-lined Spectroscopic Binaries in the Magellanic Clouds -- ; title: Influence of New AGB Mass Loss Rates on Stellar Models -- ; title: The Winds and Disks of B[e] Supergiants -- ; title: The Influence of X-ray Emission on the Stellar Wind of O Stars -- ; title: Influence of the Frictional Heating on the Wind Line-Profiles of SMC Stars -- ; title: Periodically Variable B-type Supergiants: Empirical Evidence for Non-Radial Gravity-Mode Oscillations -- ; title: Wind Diagnostic from Infrared Lines -- ; title: Stellar Winds from Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae: Metallicity Effects -- ; title: Looking for Mister Goodstar (A Preliminary Analysis of Stars with SIV, V and VI Wind Lines) -- ; title: Optical and Infrared Observations of Stellar Mass Loss in Globular Cluster Red Giants -- ; title: How Strong is Mass Loss from B[e] Stars? -- ; title: Optically Thick Winds of Hot Stars: What Determines the Mass Flux? -- ; title: A Conceptual Analysis of Mass Loss and Frequency Redistribution in Wolf- Rayet Winds -- ; title: Examining O and WR Star Winds with X-rays -- ; title: Some Considerations on the HMXRB LSI +61 303 -- ; title: Molecular Gas Surrounding LBV Stars -- ; title: Radio Observations of Candidate Magnetic O Stars -- ; title: Mass Loss from the Central Star of NGC 7009 -- ; title: The Luminous Variable Stars in M 33 -- ; title: Multicomponent Stellar Wind of Hot Stars -- ; title: The AG Carinae Nebula - Bigger than ever? -- ; title: The Neon Abundance in WR Stars: Testing Massive Star Evolution -- ; title: 2D non-LTE Modeling for Axisymmetric Winds --  -- Pt. 1.; title: General Discussion: Mass Loss from Stars --  -- Pt. 2.; title: Mass Loss and the Evolution of Stellar Clusters -- ; title: Formation and Evolution of Young Massive Clusters -- ; title: Numerical Simulations of Star Cluster Formation -- ; title: The Birth and Early Evolution of Star Clusters -- ; title: Observational Constraints on Cluster Evolution -- ; title: Spectral Synthesis of Massive Stars in Clusters -- ; title: Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere Bubbles -- ; title: Mass Loss from Clusters -- ; title: Reconstructing the Initial Relaxation Time of Young Star Clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud -- ; title: The Transition from Star Cluster to Dwarf Galaxies -- ; title: The Impact of Selective Mass Loss on the Age Determination of Star Clusters -- ; title: Cluster Disruption: Combining Theory and Observations -- ; title: Star Clusters in the Solar Neighborhood: a Solution to Oort's Problem -- ; title: Catching Dissolving Clusters: A New Approach -- ; title: Newly Born O Stars in Clusters -- ; title: Feedback and Clusters in the Sdm Galaxy UGC 1281 -- ; title: 3D Photoionization and Dust Modeling with MOCASSIN: Geometry Effects on the Spectra of Star-forming Regions -- ; title: On the Mass of Dense Star Clusters in Starburst Galaxies from Spectrophotometry -- ; title: The Role of Tidal Forces in Star Cluster Disruption -- ; title: Variation of the Cluster Luminosity Function Across the Disk of M51 -- ; title: The Impact of Red Giant Mass Loss on Star Cluster Evolution -- ; title: Reconstructing Galactic Star Formation Histories from Star Cluster Age- and Mass-Distributions -- ; title: Dynamical Mass of a Young Massive Cluster in NGC 1140 -- ; title: Stellar Populations in the Magellanic Clouds -- ; title: The Initial Mass Function of the Galactic Old Halo Cluster System -- ; title: Thousands of Star Clusters in M51 with HST/ACS -- ; title: Hard X-ray Emission Associated with High-Mass Star Formation in the Young Stellar Cluster NGC 2071 -- ; title: Studying the Roots of the Galactic Wind in NGC 1569: IFU Observations of Cluster NGC 1569-10 --  -- Pt. 2.; title: General Discussion: The Evolution of Star Clusters --  -- Pt. 3.; title: Summary -- ; title: Mass Loss Summary - a Personal Perspective -- ; title: Conference Summary: Mass Loss from Stellar Clusters -- ; title: Mass Loss and Evolution of Stars and Star Clusters: a Personal Historical Perspective.