Mass loss and evolution of asymptotic giant branch stars in the Magellanic Clouds

Authors	J.T. van Loon
Supervisors	T. de Jong
Cosupervisors	L.B.F.M. Waters A.A. Zijlstra
Award date	23-09-1999
Number of pages	174
Organisations	Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Document type	PhD thesis
Note	Research conducted at: Universiteit van Amsterdam & ESO, Munchen
Language	English
Downloads	Thesis Cover Titlepage Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Obscured Asymptotic Giant Branch stars in the Magellanic Clouds: New IRAS counterparts Chapter 3 Obscured Asymptotic Giant Branch stars in the Magellanic Clouds: Carbon stars and OH/IR stars Chapter 4 Luminous carbon stars in the Magellanic Clouds Chapter 5 Discovery of the first extra-galactic SiO maser Chapter 6 Discovery of H2O maser emission from the red supergiant IRAS04553-6825 in the Large Magellanic Cloud Chapter 7 ISO observations of obscured Asymptotic Giant Branch stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud Chapter 8 IRAS04496-6958: A luminous carbon star with silicate dust in the Large Magellanic Cloud Chapter 9 On the metallicity dependence of AGB mass loss Chapter 10 Mass-loss rates and luminosity functions of dust-enshrouded AGB stars and red supergiants in the LMC Chapter 11 Summary and Future Appendix A TIMMI standard stars Appendix B IR colour relations Appendix C ISO photometry Appendix D ISO spectroscopy References Samenvatting Acknowledgements Cover
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