The Infrared Spectral Region of Stars

This book provides a review of the work in progress on the infrared spectral region of stars. The most important previous mission, the Infrared Astronomy Satellite (IRAS) was launched in 1983. Although it was only operating for one year, in that time it surveyed the whole sky for infrared emitters of many different kinds providing a fundamental catalogue of thousands of objects. As a consequence of its success, a new mission to observe the infrared sky is being planned. The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) is scheduled for a launch in May 1993. It should add substantially to our knowledge of the stars. The volume is based on the proceedings of an international conference held in Montpellier, France. It provided an excellent forum for the experts in the field to get together and evaluate the status of current knowledge and analyse the instrumentation.

Spis treści:
1. Stars in the infrared, results from IRAS H. J. G. L. M. Lamers and L. B. F. M. Watera
2. What is expected from ISO J. P. Baluteau
3. New infrared instrumentation S. Bensammar
4. High resolution atomic spectroscopy in the infrared and its application to astrophysics S. Johansson
5. Spectroscopy of early -type stars C. Jaschek
6. Spectroscopy of late type stars U. F. Jøgensen
7. Dust formation and evolution in circumstellar media J. P. J. Lafon
8. The infrared solar spectrum N. Grevesse
9. Symbiotic and related objects M. Hack
10. Stellar photometry and spectrophotometry in the infrared R. F. Wing
11. Stellar variability in the infrared A. Evans
12. Circumstellar material in main sequence H. H. Aamann.