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Synopsis
Dust and molecules are found in a large variety of astrophysical environments, in particular in the circumstellar material ejected by evolved stars. This book brings together the leading astronomers and astrophysicists in the field of molecular astrophysics and stellar physics to discuss the important issues of dust and molecular formation, the role of solids in circumstellar environments, molecules as probes of circumstellar parameters, the stellar contribution to the enrichment of the Galaxy, and the latest observational data in various wavelength domains, in partiular in the infrared with results from the Infrared Space Observatory. The astrophysical senarios include late-type stars, novae, Wolf-Rayet stars, Luminous Blue Variables and supernovae.
Audience: Researchers and graduate students in the fields of stellar physics, stellar evolution and astrochemistry.
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Presents the proceedings of the International Workshop on dust and molecules in evolved stars held in Manchester, UK in March 1997. Contributions, representing the work of some 80 scientists from 17 different countries, address a variety of topics including dust and molecular formation, the role of solids in circumstellar environments, molecules and probes of circumstellar parameters, the stellar contribution to the enrichment of the Galaxy, and the latest observational data in various wavelength domains, in particular the infrared with results from the Infrared Space Observatory. Astrophysical scenarios addressed include late-type stars, novae, Wolf-Rayet stars, LBVs, and supernovae. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.