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Angular Momentum and Mass Loss for Hot Stars

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Editors:
  1. L. A. Willson

    1. Astronomy Program, Physics Department, Iowa State University, Ames, USA

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  2. R. Stalio

    1. Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Trieste, Trieste, Italy

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 316)

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Table of contents (42 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  3. Angular Momentum and Mass Loss and Stellar Evolution

    1. The Effects of Rotation on Stellar Structure and Evolution

      • Jean-Louis Tassoul
      Pages 7-32

    2. New Evolutionary Aspects of Mass Loss and Angular Momentum

      • André Maeder
      Pages 33-51

    3. Mass Loss during the Evolution of Massive Stars

      • Henny J. G. L. M. Lamers
      Pages 53-54

  5. A and F Stars Near the Main Sequence

    1. Rotation, Pulsation and Atmospheric Phenomena in A—Type Stars

      • E. Antonello
      Pages 97-121

    2. Pulsation Studies of a 1.8 M⊙ Delta Scuti Model

      • J. A. Guzik, A. N. Cox, D. A. Ostlie
      Pages 123-126

    3. Post-Main Sequence Evolution of Binary Am Stars

      • Jon Hakkila, James N. Pierce
      Pages 127-130

    4. A Statistical Study of Main Sequence A and F Stars: Testing the Main Sequence Mass Loss Hypothesis

      • B. M. Patten, L. A. Willson
      Pages 131-134

  6. O, B and Be Stars

    1. Basic Magnetic Rotator Theory with Application to the Angular Momentum Driven Winds of B[e] and Wolf Rayet Stars

      • J. P. Cassinelli
      Pages 135-144

    2. The Connection between Rotation and the Winds of Be Stars

      • D. B. Friend
      Pages 145-157

    3. UV Glimpse of OB Stars

      • R. Stalio, R. S. Polidan
      Pages 159-170

    4. Nonspherical Radiation Driven Wind Models Applied to Be Stars

      • Francisco X. Araújo
      Pages 171-176

    5. A Simple Criterion to Identify Rapidly Rotating Stars Viewed at Small to Intermediate Inclination Angles

      • Dietrich Baade
      Pages 177-180

    6. Intensive Photometric Campaign on Be Stars: Behaviour of Short-Term Periodic Variations and Its Relationship to Pulsation and Mass Loss

      • L. A. Balona, J. Cuypers
      Pages 181-184

    7. Constraints on the Thickness of be Star Disks Derived from Combined IR Excess and Optical Polarimetry Data

      • J. E. Bjorkman, J. P. Cassinelli
      Pages 185-190
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Fundamental unsolved problems of stellar astrophysics include the effects of angular momentum on stellar structure and evolution, the nature and efficiency of the processes by which angular momentum is redistributed within and lost from stars, and the role that stellar rotation plays in enhancing or driving stellar mass loss. There appears to be a qualitative change in the nature and efficiency of these mechanisms near spectral type FO: hotter (more massive) stars typically retain more angular momentum at least until they reach the main sequence, while cooler stars typically spin down quickly. For the hotter stars, recent work suggests a strong link between the type of pulsation behavior, the mass loss rates, and the rotation velocity. If the same mechanisms are able to drive mass loss from the main sequence A stars, as has recently been proposed, then the current interpretations of a number of observations will be drastically affected: e. g. the ages of clusters may be incorrect by up to a factor of two, and the surface abundances of isotopes of He, Li and Be may no longer give constraints on cosmological nucleosynthesis. There are also effects on the evolution of the abundances of elements in the interstellar medium and on the general evolution of populations of stars. Thus the questions of the mechanisms of angular momentum and mass loss of stars more massive than the sun is important not only for stellar studies but for the foundations of much of modern astrophysics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Astronomy Program, Physics Department, Iowa State University, Ames, USA

    L. A. Willson

  • Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Trieste, Trieste, Italy

    R. Stalio

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Angular Momentum and Mass Loss for Hot Stars

  • Editors: L. A. Willson, R. Stalio

  • Series Title: Nato Science Series C:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2105-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0881-2Published: 31 August 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7446-9Published: 28 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-2105-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1389-2185

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 365

  • Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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