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Mira variables: An informal review
- Source :
- NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center Current Probl. in Stellar Pulsation Instabilities.
- Publication Year :
- 1980
- Publisher :
- United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1980.
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Abstract
- The structure of the Mira variables is discussed with particular emphasis on the extent of their observable atmospheres, the various methods for measuring the sizes of these atmospheres, and the manner in which the size changes through the cycle. The results obtained by direct, photometric and spectroscopic methods are compared, and the problems of interpretation are addressed. Also, a simple model for the atmospheric structure and motions of Miras based on recent observations of the doubling of infrared molecualr times is described. This model, consisting of two atmospheric layers plus a circumstellar shell, provides a physically plausible picture of the atmosphere which is consistent with the photometrically measured magnitude and temperature variations as well as the spectroscopic data.
- Subjects :
- Astrophysics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- NASA Technical Reports
- Journal :
- NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center Current Probl. in Stellar Pulsation Instabilities
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsnas.19800016762
- Document Type :
- Report