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Variable Red Giants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2012

Franz Kerschbaum  and
Walter Nowotny
Franz Kerschbaum
Affiliation:
University of Vienna, Department of Astronomy, A-1180 Wien, Austria email: [email protected]
Walter Nowotny
Affiliation:
University of Vienna, Department of Astronomy, A-1180 Wien, Austria email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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The longest-known class of pulsating variable stars, namely pulsating red giants, is also the one that involves the most complex physical processes. Pulsation, mass loss, nuclear synthesis, mixing, atmospheric and circumstellar chemistry and dust formation all interrelate with one another and make both the observational studies and the modelling efforts quite challenging. The paper outlines some of the current key questions, and recommends observational strategies.

Keywords

stars: late-typestars: AGB and post-AGBstars: variables: otherstars: oscillationstars: windsoutflows
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 7 , Symposium S285: New Horizons in Time-Domain Astronomy , September 2011 , pp. 111 - 116
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012

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