Physical Processes in Red Giants: Proceedings of the Second Workshop, Held at the Ettore Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture, Advanced School of Astronomy, in Erice, Sicily, Italy, September 3–13, 1980

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
On the Interior Properties of Red Giants....Pages 3-24
The Photospheres of Red-Giant Stars....Pages 25-40
Color Temperatures of Red Giants and their Relation to the Effective Temperature....Pages 41-46
Carbon Star Effective Temperatures....Pages 47-49
The Effect of [CNO/FE] on Evolution of Extremely Metal Poor Red Giants....Pages 51-54
Globular Cluster Giant Branches and the Helium Flash: A Comparison between Observation and Theory....Pages 55-62
M Giants in the Nuclear Bulge of the Galaxy....Pages 63-69
On the Metal Abundance of Giants in the Draco Dwarf Galaxy — Preliminary Results of a Spectroscopic Survey....Pages 71-76
Observations and Theories of Mixing in Red Giants....Pages 77-114
The Chemical Composition of Red Giants — The First Dredge-Up Phase....Pages 115-134
The Conditions for Dredge-Up of Carbon During the Helium Shell Flash and the Production of Carbon Stars....Pages 135-139
More Details on Thermal Pulses and the Third Dredge-Up Process in Intermediate-Mass Stars....Pages 141-146
Low Dispersion Surveys for Carbon Stars....Pages 147-152
The Luminosity Function of Carbon Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud....Pages 153-157
Observed Bolometric Luminosities of Carbon Stars....Pages 159-164
Carbon Stars in the Magellanic Clouds: Theory vs. Observations....Pages 165-172
On the Stability of Nuclear-Burning Regions in Red Giants....Pages 173-177
Why Do Stars Become Red Giants?....Pages 179-182
Mass Loss from Massive Stars throughout the HR Diagram....Pages 183-189
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Red Variables of Spectral Class M....Pages 193-204
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Theoretical Aspects of Pulsation and Envelope Ejection in Red Giants....Pages 205-223
Theoretical Relationships between Observable Quantities for Mira Variables....Pages 225-229
Linear Polarization Changes across TiO Bands in Cool Variables: V CVn....Pages 231-236
The Expansion Velocities in Mira Envelopes....Pages 237-240
Radiation Pressure on Molecules in Mira Variable Atmospheres....Pages 241-244
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Outer Atmospheres of Late-Type Stars....Pages 247-261
Ultraviolet Observations of τ 4 Serpentis (M5 IIb — IIIa)....Pages 263-267
Winds in Red Giants....Pages 269-284
Origin of Winds in Cool Giants and Supergiants....Pages 285-299
Acceleration of Mass Flow in the Chromosphere of α Orionis....Pages 301-304
Timescale of Possible Episodic Behavior in Mass Loss from Cool Stars....Pages 305-309
Mass Loss in Population II Red Giants....Pages 311-316
Dust Formation Processes Around Red Giants and Supergiants....Pages 317-333
Spectroscopy and Chemical Kinetic Studies of the Circumstellar Shell IRC + 10216....Pages 335-335
Erosion of N 2 Frozen Gas by MeV Helium Ions....Pages 337-339
Why Not Make Dust in Photospheres of M Stars?....Pages 341-346
Time-Dependent Models of Grain-Forming Atmospheres....Pages 347-350
A Statistical Theory of Stellar Winds....Pages 351-354
Mass Loss from Warm Giants: Magnetic Effects....Pages 355-359
Front Matter....Pages 361-361
Red Giant Masers....Pages 363-382
Front Matter....Pages 361-361
Time Variations of OH-Masers in Late-Type Stars....Pages 383-390
Detection of a New Sio Maser Line....Pages 391-394
OH and IR Emission from Red Giants....Pages 395-399
Infrared Observations of OH/IR Stars....Pages 401-406
Front Matter....Pages 407-407
Planetary Nebulae and Stellar Evolution....Pages 409-420
From Red Giants to Planetary Nebulae....Pages 421-425
The Properties of Dust in Planetary Nebulae....Pages 427-430
Red Giants as Precursors of Planetary Nebulae....Pages 431-446
The Position of the Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae in the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram....Pages 447-461
Masses and Evolution of Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae....Pages 463-468
Back Matter....Pages 469-492