Mass Loss from Red Giants

1. Front Matter

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2. On the Significance of Mass Loss from Bright Red Giants

   • Icko Iben Jr.

   Pages 1-10

3. Masses of White Dwarfs and Other Remnants: The Ultimate Constraint on Ṁ

   • Virginia Trimble

   Pages 11-19

4. Optical Spectroscopy of Red Giants

   • Leo Goldberg

   Pages 21-27

5. Mass Loss in Metal Deficient Red Giants

   • A. K. Dupree, L. Hartmann, G. H. Smith, E. H. Avrett

   Pages 29-30

6. Mass Loss from Red Giants: Results from Ultraviolet Spectroscopy

   • Jeffrey L. Linsky

   Pages 31-54

7. Densities, Temperatures and Geometric Extents of C II Emitting Regions in the Winds of Luminous, Late-Type Stars

   • Kenneth G. Carpenter, Alexander Brown, Robert E. Stencel

   Pages 55-56

8. Results from Optical Interferometry

   • Jacques M. Beckers

   Pages 57-61

9. High Angular Resolution Interferometric Observations of Betelgeuse in the Visible

   • F. Roddier, C. Roddier, M. Karovska

   Pages 63-64

10. Mass Loss from Red Giants: Infrared Spectroscopy

    • P. G. Wannier

    Pages 65-79

11. CO Vibration Rotation Lines from Circumstellar Shells

    • R. Sahai, P. G. Wannier

    Pages 81-82

12. Circumstellar Dynamics Observed by Infrared Heterodyne Spectroscopy

    • A. L. Betz, D. M. Goldhaber

    Pages 83-84

13. The Near Circumstellar Environment of Miras

    • Kenneth H. Hinkle

    Pages 85-86

14. The Infrared Characteristics of Circumstellar Silicate Grains

    • W. Schutte, A. G. G. M. Tielens

    Pages 87-93

15. Infrared Spatial Interferometry

    • Steven Beckwith

    Pages 95-113

16. 10 Micron Speckle Interferometry of OH/IR Stars

    • Michael L. Cobb, John D. Fix

    Pages 115-116

17. Far-Infrared and Submillimeter Photometry of Evolved Stars

    • Michael W. Werner

    Pages 117-128

18. Thermal Radio Emission from Molecules in Circumstellar Outflows

    • Mark Morris

    Pages 129-148

19. Time Variations of SiO (v=0, J=2-1) Emission from Circumstellar Shells

    • L-Å. Nyman, H. Olofsson

    Pages 149-150

20. SiS in Circumstellar Shells

    • R. Sahai, Alwyn Wootten, R. E. S. Clegg

    Pages 151-152

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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