Late Stages of Stellar Evolution: Proceedings of the Workshop Held in Calgary, Canada, from 2–5 June, 1986

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Infrared Observations of Radio Luminous OH/IR Stars....Pages 3-17
High Spatial Resolution Infrared Observations of Evolved Stars....Pages 19-32
Mira Variables and the Galactic Bulge Population....Pages 33-46
Mass Loss from Red Giants: Infrared Spectroscopy....Pages 47-47
Identification of Cool Iras Sources....Pages 49-50
The Period-Luminosity Relationship for Mira-Like Variables in the LMC....Pages 51-54
Distances, Luminosities, and Shell Structures of OH/IR Stars....Pages 55-71
High-Resolution Radio Observations of OH/IR Stars....Pages 73-73
Identification of OH/IR Stars from Color Selected IRAS Sources....Pages 75-78
OH/IR Stars in the Galactic Centre....Pages 79-81
1612 Mhz Survey of Selected IRAS Point Sources....Pages 83-84
The Kinematic Nature and Evolution of OH/IR Maser Sources....Pages 85-86
A Search for Water Maser Emission from OH/IR Stars....Pages 87-89
Non-Variable OH/IR Stars/ Very Young Planetary Nebulae?....Pages 91-95
A Study of Dust Condensation Around M Mira Variables Based on IRAS LRS Observations....Pages 97-100
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
Mass Loss from Carbon Stars — Observations of the CO Millimeter Wavelength Rotational Lines....Pages 103-118
Interferometric Observations of Circumstellar Envelopes at Millimeter Wavelengths....Pages 119-129
The Distribution of Carbon-Rich Circumstellar Envelopes in the Milky Way....Pages 131-134
IRAS LRS Spectra of Cool Carbon Stars: Clues of Carbon Star Evolution....Pages 135-138
Millimeter Interferometer Mapping of HCN Toward CRL2688....Pages 139-140
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
CO Observations of IRAS Sources with SiC Emission Features....Pages 141-142
High-Sensitivity HI Observations of the Circumstellar Envelopes of α Orionis and IRC+10216....Pages 143-144
CCD Observations of IRC +10 216....Pages 145-146
Carbon Grains in the Circumstellar Envelope of IRC +10 216....Pages 147-148
Complex Molecules in Carbon-Rich Circumstellar Envelopes....Pages 149-163
Time Variation of Millimeter-Wave Molecular Lines from CW Leo and o Ceti....Pages 165-165
The Discovery of SO in Red Giant Circumstellar Envelopes....Pages 167-168
VLA Observations of NH 3 and HC 7 N in the Egg Nebula (CRL2688)....Pages 169-170
The Rate of Mass Return to the Galaxy by Evolved Stars....Pages 171-172
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Helium Shell Flashes and their Consequences....Pages 175-195
The Magellanic Clouds as a Testing Ground for Theories of the Late Stages of Stellar Evolution....Pages 197-208
AGB Evolution in Shapley Constellation III....Pages 209-212
Convective Overshooting in Horizontal Branch Stars....Pages 213-233
Asymptotic Giant Branch Evolution in the Magellanic Clouds....Pages 235-238
Mixing at the Carbon-Hydrogen Discontinuity during the Dredge-Up Phase in Low-Mass AGB Stars....Pages 239-240
Nucleosynthesis in the MS and S Stars....Pages 241-244
Nucleosynthesis by 14 N Depletion during Shell He Burning in Massive Stars....Pages 245-247
The Temperature and Luminosity of the Non-Mira M and S AGB Stars....Pages 249-250
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Pulsation and Mass Loss for AGB Stars....Pages 253-268
Evidence for Pulsationally Driven Mass-Loss from Mira Variables....Pages 269-272
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Quantitative Technetium Abundances in the Long-Period Variables χ Cygni and o Ceti....Pages 273-273
Mira Atmospheres: Dynamical Structure and Mass Loss Mechanisms....Pages 275-276
A Parameter Study of Terminal AGB Evolution....Pages 277-278
Evolution and Pulsations of R CrB Stellar Models....Pages 279-282
Broadband Multicolour Photometry of CH Cygni....Pages 283-284
The Symbiotic System CH Cygni....Pages 285-286
Radio Evidence for Variable Mass Loss from the Symbiotic Star RX Puppis....Pages 287-290
AGB Stars in the IRAS Point Source Catalog: Their Nature and their Galactic Distribution....Pages 291-303
Evolution of the Infrared Spectra of AGB Stars....Pages 305-308
The Evolution of Thermal Pulsing AGB Stars Derived from the Observations of OH/IR Stars....Pages 309-313
Stellar Properties of OH/IR Stars....Pages 315-318
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
Transition from Red Giants to Planetary Nebulae....Pages 321-335
Mass Loss and the Transformation of AGB Stars into Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae....Pages 337-346
The Initial-Final Mass Relation: Magellanic Cloud Data and the Thermal Pulsing — AGB Phase....Pages 347-350
Mass Loss and the Formation of Multiple Shell Planetary Nebulae....Pages 351-354
Infrared Emission from Young Planetary Nebulae....Pages 355-369
Radio Observations of Young Planetary Nebulae....Pages 371-383
Mass Loss from Nuclei of Planetary Nebulae....Pages 385-386
Determination of Mass Loss Rates in Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae with the “Sei” Method....Pages 387-390
Heavy-Element Enrichment in Planetary Nebulae....Pages 391-392
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
Monochromatic Imagery of Some Small Planetary Nebulae with the CFHT Photon-Counting Camera....Pages 393-394
The Expansion of NGC7027....Pages 395-396
Visibility Analysis of Compact Nebulae....Pages 397-398
A Wind-Shell Model for Radio Emission from Compact Planetary Nebulae....Pages 399-402
Nonradial g -Mode Instabilities in Planetary Nebula Nuclei....Pages 403-404
Wind-Blown Bubbles: The Evolution of the Complex Structure of NGC 6543....Pages 405-408
Observations of Very Extended Planetary Nebulae Haloes....Pages 409-410
The Structure and Kinematics of NGC 2440....Pages 411-412
The Shaping of Planetary Nebulae....Pages 413-419
Back Matter....Pages 421-426