Effects of Mass Loss on Stellar Evolution: IAU Colloquium no. 59 Held in Miramare, Trieste, Italy, September 15–19, 1980

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Observations of Stellar Winds in Early Type Stars....Pages 1-18
The Dependence of Mass Loss on the Basic Stellar Parameters....Pages 19-25
The Velocity Characteristics of WR Stellar Winds....Pages 27-33
The Iron Curtain of the WC 9 Star HD 164270....Pages 35-37
Is a Stellar Wind Inherent in WR-Stars Throughout the Whole of their Evolution?....Pages 39-40
Wind Characteristics of the 07 n Star HD 217086 in the Cep OB 3 Association....Pages 41-44
Mass Loss from Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae....Pages 45-50
Mass Loss Rates of OB Stars Derived from Infrared Observations....Pages 51-56
Profils De La Raie H α Par Television Analogique....Pages 57-60
Radio Observations and the Mass Flow Rate of α CYG (A2Ia)....Pages 61-64
Mass Loss Bates for Twenty One Wolf-Rayet Stars....Pages 65-65
Mass Outflow in AG Carinae and a Comparison with P Cygni....Pages 67-69
Mass Loss from Hot Stars Below the Main Sequence....Pages 71-74
On the Stellar Gravity and Effective Temperature Dependence of the Ratio of Terminal to Escape Velocities in Stellar Winds....Pages 75-78
Observational Evidences of Stellar Wind....Pages 79-82
The Radial Velocity Variations in IC 418....Pages 83-86
Mass Loss from Cool Stars....Pages 87-110
Outflow of Matter in the Chromosphere of α Orionis....Pages 111-112
Mass Loss from α Ori....Pages 113-115
On Possible Mass Loss from the Supergiant Rho Cassiopeia....Pages 117-118
Photospheric Molecular Line Profiles in Cool Stars....Pages 119-124
The Theory of Winds in Early Type Stars....Pages 125-130
Stellar Variability and Individuality: Observations and Implications....Pages 131-153
Possible Links Between Supersonic Stellar Winds and the Origin of Cosmic Rays....Pages 155-158
Line Formation in the Wind of Alpha Cygni....Pages 159-160
Empirical Wind Models from Detailed UV-Line Fits: Tau Scorpii....Pages 161-165
Can Hot Star Winds be Driven by Radiation Pressure?....Pages 167-171
Radiative Wind Acceleration in Early Type Stars....Pages 173-178
Radio Observations of O-Type Stars....Pages 179-180
Narrow Components in UV Line Profiles as Evidence for a Two Component Stellar Wind for O and B Stars....Pages 181-186
Winds in Late-Type Stars: Mechanisms of Mass Outflow....Pages 187-212
The Fluctuation Theory of the Stellar Mass Loss....Pages 213-227
Mass Loss and Evolution of Massive Stars....Pages 229-253
The Fraction of O-Type Supergiants in our Galaxy in the LMC and in the SMC: An Evidence of the Correlation between Mass Loss Rate and Chemical Abundance....Pages 255-259
Evolution of A 30 M⊙ Star: The Interplay of Nuclear Burning and Mass Loss....Pages 261-263
On the Significance of Mass Loss for the Evolution of Massive Stars....Pages 265-270
The Ultraviolet to Infrared Spectrum of the Large Mass Loss LMC Supergiant S22 = HD 34664 + ....Pages 271-274
The Influence of Mass Loss by Stellar Wind on the Evolution of Massive Helium Burning Stars....Pages 275-278
Stellar Evolution with SMC Chemical Abundances....Pages 279-282
Massive Stars Burning Helium: The Numbers of WR Stars and Red Super-Giants in Galaxies....Pages 283-287
Thermal Instability of Hydrogen Burning Shells in Very Massive Stars....Pages 289-292
Effects of a Stochastic Initial Mass Function on the Upper Main Sequence Band....Pages 293-296
Mass Loss from Metal-Poor Stars....Pages 297-300
Masses of Magellanic Wolf-Rayet Stars: Mass Loss and Evidence for a WR Subclass vs. Mass Relation....Pages 301-305
How Massive the Wolf-Rayet Stars are ?....Pages 307-310
The Hydrogen/Helium Ratio on the Surface of Wolf-Rayet Stars....Pages 311-314
Peculiarities in the Distribution of Galactic Wolf-Rayet Stars:Constraints on Evolutionary Scenarios ?....Pages 315-317
Evolutionary Effects of Mass Loss in Low-Mass Stars....Pages 319-328
The Initial/Final Mass Relation for Stellar Evolution with Mass Loss....Pages 339-344
Formation of a Planetary Nebula by Continuous Mass Loss....Pages 345-346
Effects of Mass Loss on the Formation of Planetary Nebulae....Pages 347-351
Miras, Mass Loss, and the Origin of Planetary Nebulae....Pages 353-356
Theoretical Evidence of Mass Loss from Globular Cluster Stars....Pages 357-359
Effect of Mass Gain on Stellar Evolution....Pages 361-371
On the Consequences of Mass Loss from Intermediate-Mass Stars....Pages 373-387
A Determination of the Characteristics of Cepheids from B-Type Companions....Pages 389-395
What “Masses” for Cepheids?....Pages 397-400
Response of Low-Mass Main Sequence Stars to Accretion....Pages 401-403
The Influence of Mass Loss on the Evolution of Binaries....Pages 405-430
Mass Loss from Interacting Close Binary Systems....Pages 431-456
Ionization Effects in Stellar Winds of Massive X-Ray Binaries....Pages 457-460
Non Conservative Massive Binary Evolution....Pages 461-463
On the Evolutionary Time Scale of the Accreting Component in Massive Close Binaries: Consequences for the Supernova Event....Pages 465-468
Observation of Mass Loss in R CrB during the Visual Light Minimum....Pages 469-471
Non-Conservative Evolutionary Scenario for 100 Algols....Pages 473-475
Infrared Observations and Mass Loss of the Binary System V861 SCO....Pages 477-480
The Nature of V861 SCO (=HD 152667)....Pages 481-486
Ultraviolet and Optical Observations of the Mass-Losing Contact Binary SV Centauri....Pages 487-489
Mass Transfer and Stellar Wind Effects in the Eclipsing Binary RT Andromedae....Pages 491-494
Properties of Optically Thick Winds Driven by Radiation Pressure....Pages 495-497
Interacting Stellar Winds in a Binary System....Pages 499-502
Evolutionary Computations for Intermediate Mass Close Binary Systems....Pages 503-506
Is this Diagrarine an Argument for Binary Orbital Evolution Due to Mass-Loss ?....Pages 507-513
Nova AQL 1918: A Nude Old Nova....Pages 515-522
Stellar Mass Loss and HII Region Morphology in Magellanic Irregular Galaxies....Pages 523-534
Stellar Mass Loss and Galactic Chemical Evolution....Pages 535-538
Subionization and Decelerated-Flow in the Vicinity of a B-Shell Star....Pages 539-541
Mass Loss and ΔY/ΔZ Ratio....Pages 543-549
Concluding Remarks....Pages 551-560
Back Matter....Pages 561-570