Mass-Losing Pulsating Stars and their Circumstellar Matter: Observations and Theory

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Sequence of Mass-Losing AGB Stars in the Magellanic Clouds....Pages 3-10
Three Aspects of Red Giant Studies in the Magellanic Clouds....Pages 11-18
Luminosities of AGB Variables....Pages 19-26
Photometric Properties of Long-Period Variables in the Large Magellanic Cloud....Pages 27-34
Stellar Sources in the Isogal Intermediate Bulge Fields....Pages 35-38
GAIA: AGB Stars as Tracers of Star Formation Histories in the Galaxy and Beyond....Pages 39-42
Characteristics of AGB Stars in the Isogal, Macho and Other Databases....Pages 43-48
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Structure and Evolution of AGB Stars: Current Understandings and Beyond....Pages 51-58
Nonlinear Properties of the Semi-Regular Variable Stars....Pages 59-66
Regular and Irregular Pulsations of Luminous Blue Variables....Pages 67-74
Mass-Losing and Pulsating AGB Stars in the Magellanic Clouds....Pages 75-82
The Galactic Kinematics of Mira Variables....Pages 83-89
Period Evolution in Mira Variables....Pages 91-94
Chaotic Pulsations in Irregular Variables....Pages 95-98
Time Dependent Modelling of Mass Loss on the AGB....Pages 99-102
Asymmetric Mass-Loss on the AGB: Examples from IRAS Data....Pages 103-106
The Extended Atmosphere and Evolution of the RV Tauri Star, R Scuti....Pages 107-110
Monochromatic Radii: A Tool of Mira Diagnostics....Pages 111-114
The Wigner Distribution for Pulsation Behaviors in Post-AGB....Pages 115-116
An Implication on the Excitation Mechanism of AGB Variables....Pages 117-118
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Evolution of Binaries Containing an AGB Giant....Pages 119-120
On the Motion of an Infinitesimal Mass in the Gravitational Potential of a Binary Star System....Pages 121-122
Numerical Investigation of the Stability of Motion of a Mass Element Ejected from a Component of a Binary Star System....Pages 123-124
Resonance in RV Tauri Stars....Pages 125-126
The Determination of Intrinsic Polarization for RV Tauri Stars....Pages 127-129
Multi-Color Interferometric Observations of Mira Stars....Pages 131-135
Origin and Propagation of Shocks in the Atmospheres of Mira-Type Stars....Pages 137-138
Theoretical Color Mass-Loss Relations for O-Rich Mira Stars....Pages 139-141
High-Precision Measurements of Cool Giant Stars with the VLTI....Pages 143-144
The Stability of Magneto-Hydrodynamic Stellar Winds....Pages 145-147
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Confronting Consistent Dust Shell Models with Observations of Long-Period Variable Stars....Pages 151-158
Mid-Infrared Observations of Mass-Losing Red Giants....Pages 159-164
High-Resolution Imaging of Dust Shells....Pages 165-172
ISO/SWS Observations of the Extended Atmospheres and their Time Variations....Pages 173-180
The Circumstellar Environment of AGB Stars Studied by Polarimetry....Pages 181-188
Violet Spectra of Carbon Stars Associated with Silicate Features....Pages 189-196
Multiple Shells Around IRC+10216....Pages 197-200
Nir Monitoring of Star Clusters in the Magellanic Clouds....Pages 201-204
The Brightest AGB Stars of the Leo I Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy....Pages 205-208
Molecules and Dust Around Oxygen-Rich AGB Stars....Pages 209-212
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Detection of Extended Water Vapor Atmosphere of Mira by Near-Infrared Spectroimagery....Pages 213-216
NIR Survey of Variable Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud....Pages 217-218
Mass Loss History of the Local Miras....Pages 219-220
Near-Infrared Monitoring to Study the Transition from AGB to Post-AGB Stars....Pages 221-222
Identification and NIR Photometry of the Arecibo Sample of OH/IR Stars....Pages 223-224
Infrared Properties of O-/C-Rich Miras Close to the Galactic Plane....Pages 225-226
Water Vapor in the Outer Atmospheres of Red Giants Probed by High-Resolution, Mid-Infrared Observations....Pages 227-228
The Mass-Loss History of Carbon Stars Probed by Co Line and Dust Continuum Emission....Pages 229-230
An Analysis of the 2.6 — 3.7 Micron Spectrum of R Dor....Pages 231-232
Annual Parallax Measurements of Mira-Type Variables with Phase-Reference VLBI Observation....Pages 233-234
Mapping the Circumstellar Envelope of OH26.5+0.6....Pages 235-236
A Study of OH and H 2 O Masers in the Circumstellar Envelopes Around Miras....Pages 237-238
Variations of Physical Parameters in Circumstellar Envelopes Around Carbon-Rich Mira Variables....Pages 239-240
Radiative Transfer Modeling of Periodic Mass-Loss Enhancement During the AGB Phase....Pages 241-242
Spatially Resolved 3 μm Spectroscopy of IRAS 22272+5435....Pages 243-244
Formation and Evolution of Dust Clumps Around Cool Stars....Pages 245-246
The Polarimetric Evidence of the Circumstellar Dust in Symbiotic Star Z Andromedae....Pages 247-248
Bispectrum Speckle Inter-Ferometry of the Carbon Star IRC+10216....Pages 249-250
Ground Based MIR Observations of C-Rich Proto Planetary Nebulae....Pages 251-252
MID-Infrared Polarimetry of AXI-Symmetric Mass Loss and the Shaping of NGC 7027....Pages 253-254
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
High Resolution Imaging and Polarimetry of the Red Rectangle....Pages 255-256
Time Variation of Mid-Infrared Spectra of M-Type Mira Variables....Pages 257-258
Three Micron Spectra of Carbon Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud....Pages 259-262
Front Matter....Pages 263-263
The Structure of Winds in AGB Stars....Pages 265-273
Molecular Data onn Circum-Stellar Envelopes Around AGB Stars....Pages 275-282
Radio Photospheres: Imaging and Light Curves....Pages 283-290
Magnetic Fields in the Envelopes of Late-Type Stars....Pages 291-294
Phase Dependence of 43 GHz SiO Masers in the Mira Variable TX Cam....Pages 295-298
Models of Masers in AGB Stars....Pages 299-302
VLBA Observations of the v=1 and 2 SiO J=1-0 Maser Emissions in VY CMa....Pages 303-306
Optical and Microwave Spectroscopy of Long-Period Variable Stars....Pages 307-310
3D Modeling of 1612 MHz OH Masers....Pages 311-312
Exploring Stellar-Pulsation-Driven Shock Waves Revealed in the Kinematics of Water Masers Around RT VIR....Pages 313-314
VLBI Observations of Water Masers in the Circumstellar Envelope of IRC+60169....Pages 315-316
First OH Polarimetric Images of NML CYG....Pages 317-318
Detection of a Possible Bipolar Outflow Around the Semi-Regular Variable Star R Crateris by the Japanese VLBI Network (J-Net)....Pages 319-320
A Comparison of the Sio Masers in Orion KL with Those of Late Type Stars....Pages 321-322
Silicon Isotopic Abundances in Pulsating SiO Maser Stars....Pages 323-325
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
Infrared Properties and Galactic Distribution of OH/IR Stars....Pages 329-337
Circumstellar Masers in the Galactic Center....Pages 339-346
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
SiO Maser Sources Near the Galactic Center....Pages 347-354
Infrared Studies of Galactic Centre OH/IR Stars....Pages 355-362
86 GHz SiO Maser Survey Of Late-Type Stars in the Inner Galaxy....Pages 363-366
How Does the Galactic Bulge Rotate?....Pages 367-371
SiO Maser Survey Towards the Stellar Cluster at the Galactic Center....Pages 373-376
43 GHz SiO Masers in Late-Type Stars with 86 GHz SiO Masers in the Inner Galaxy....Pages 377-378
Front Matter....Pages 379-379
Astrometry of Circumstellar Masers....Pages 381-388
Astrometry of Mass-Losing Pulsating Stars with Vera....Pages 389-392
Unveiling the Molecular Bipolar Outflow of the Peculiar Red Supergiant VY Canis Majoris....Pages 393-396
IR Space Astrometry....Pages 397-404
Mira Project and the Observations of Mira Variables....Pages 405-408
Mizusawa 10m Antenna System for Study of Pulsating Stars....Pages 409-410
Phase Reference VLBI Astrometry for Mira-Type Stars....Pages 411-412
Front Matter....Pages 413-413
Conference Summary....Pages 415-419
Back Matter....Pages 421-429