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Kris Davidson
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Department of Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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A. F. J. Moffat
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Département de Physique, Université de Montréal, Canada
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H. J. G. L. M. Lamers
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SRON, Laboratory for Space Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Table of contents (51 papers)
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Main Papers, General Discussions, and Two Panel Discussions
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Circumstellar ejecta and the possibility of
bipolar or axial symmetry
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- Antonella Nota, Francesco Paresce
Pages 159-164
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Physical mechanisms for eruptions, and connections with other stars
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- S. R. Sreenivasan, W. J. F. Wilson
Pages 205-210
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- Cornelis de Jager, Joost Carpay, Alex de Koter, Hans Nieuwenhuijzen, Erik Schellekens
Pages 211-220
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- A. F. J. Moffat, L. Drissen, C. Robert
Pages 229-240
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- Kris Davidson, A. F. J. Moffat, H. J. G. L. M. Lamers
Pages 241-248
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- Kris Davidson, A. F. J. Moffat, H. J. G. L. M. Lamers
Pages 249-254
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Poster Papers, A Brief List of Catalogs, and Index
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Front Matter
Pages 255-255
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- J. Puls, A. W. A. Pauldrach, R. P. Kudritzki
Pages 259-260
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- A. W. A. Pauldrach, J. Puls, R. P. Kudritzki
Pages 261-262
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- D. R. H. Johnson, J. E. Drew
Pages 263-264
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- Roberto Viotti, Aldo Altamore, Corinne Rossi, Angelo Cassatella
Pages 268-270
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- Henny J. G. L. M. Lamers, Nick Hoekzema, Norman R. Trams, Angelo Cassatella, Mike Barylak
Pages 271-272
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- A. M. van Genderen, P. S. Thé, M. Heemskerk, D. Heynderickx, I. Larsen, I. Wanders et al.
Pages 273-274
About this book
A strange field of speculation is opened by this phenomenon ... here we have a star fitfully variable to an astonishing extent. and whose fluctuations are spread over centuries. apparently in no settled period. and with no regularity of progression. What origin can we ascribe to these sudden flashes and relapses? What conclusions are we to draw as to the comfort or habitability of a system depending for its supply of light and heat on so uncertain a source? -- J. F. W. Herschel! We can imagine, at least, that the study of Luminous Blue Variable stars began as the official court astrophysicists of Eridu speculated about a new 5000 years ago first-magnitude star which persisted in their southern sky for several years.2 After that the topic languished for a while, but now it has been renewed following recent observations by Blaeu (P Cygni, c.1600) and Herschel (1] Argus, c.1840) ... -- More soberly, it is only within the past few years that we have begun to understand LBV's and to recognize their coherence as a class. Thus only a minority of astronomers are familiar yet with this relatively new topic, whose potential impli cations are of great interest (see below). One purpose of this book, we hope, will be to provide an accessible overview of the subject for interested astronomers and astrophysicists in general.
Reviews
`This, then, is the first thorough, wide-ranging discussion of a group of stars which appears to be central to an understanding of evolution in the upper HR diagram. What's more, it's the best presented conference book I have ever seen since `camera-ready' became compulsory. Highly recommended.'
The Observatory 111:1100, February 1991
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Kris Davidson
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Département de Physique, Université de Montréal, Canada
A. F. J. Moffat
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SRON, Laboratory for Space Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands
H. J. G. L. M. Lamers