6 papers
Dust Enshrouded AGB Variables in the LMC
Patricia Whitelock, Michael Feast
The luminosities and periods of obscured AGB stars in the LMC are discussed using a combination of ISO and ground-based infrared photometry. The bolometric luminosities of these st…
Mass-loss rates and luminosity functions of dust-enshrouded AGB stars and red supergiants in the LMC
Jacco Th. van Loon, M. A. T. Groenewegen, A. de Koter +5
A radiative transfer code is used to model the spectral energy distributions of 57 mass-losing Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars and red supergiants (RSGs) in the Large Magellani…
ISO observations of obscured Asymptotic Giant Branch stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Norman R. Trams, Jacco Th. van Loon, L. B. F. M. Waters +8
We present ISO photometric and spectroscopic observations of a sample of 57 bright Asymptotic Giant Branch stars and red supergiants in the Large Magellanic Cloud, selected on the…
Infrared Observations of Large Amplitude Pulsating Stars
Patricia A. Whitelock
Our understanding of large amplitude pulsating stars and their status in stellar evolution is briefly reviewed. The paper then describes the near-infrared light curves of various a…
Hipparcos Parallaxes and Proper Motions of Cepheids and their Implications
M. W. Feast, P. A. Whitelock
A summary is given of an analysis of the Hipparcos trigonometrical parallaxes and proper motions of classical Cepheids. It is possible for the first time to derive zero-points for…
The Luminosities and Diameters of Mira Variables from Hipparcos Parallaxes
P. A. Whitelock, F. van Leeuwen, M. W. Feast
Hipparcos trigonometrical parallaxes of Mira-type variables have been combined with ground-based angular diameter measurements to derive linear diameters. Of eight stars with groun…