Search Results - "Wood, Peter R."

A NEW GENERATION OF PARSEC-COLIBRI STELLAR ISOCHRONES INCLUDING THE TP-AGB PHASE by Marigo, Paola, Girardi, Léo, Bressan, Alessandro, Rosenfield, Philip, Aringer, Bernhard, Chen, Yang, Dussin, Marco, Nanni, Ambra, Pastorelli, Giada, Rodrigues, Thaíse S., Trabucchi, Michele, Bladh, Sara, Dalcanton, Julianne, Groenewegen, Martin A. T., Montalbán, Josefina, Wood, Peter R.

“…We introduce a new generation of PARSEC-COLIBRI stellar isochrones that includes a detailed treatment of the thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch (TP-AGB)…”
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A New Interpretation of the Period-Luminosity Sequences of Long-period Variables by Trabucchi, Michele, Wood, Peter R., Montalbán, Josefina, Marigo, Paola, Pastorelli, Giada, Girardi, Léo

“…Period-luminosity (PL) sequences of long-period variables (LPVs) are commonly interpreted as different pulsation modes, but there is disagreement on the modal…”
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The wind speeds, dust content, and mass-loss rates of evolved AGB and RSG stars at varying metallicity by Goldman, Steven R, van Loon, Jacco Th, Zijlstra, Albert A, Green, James A, Wood, Peter R, Nanni, Ambra, Imai, Hiroshi, Whitelock, Patricia A, Matsuura, Mikako, Groenewegen, Martin A T, Gomez, Jose F

“…We present the results of our survey of 1612-MHz circumstellar OH maser emission from asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars and red supergiants (RSGs) in the…”
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Oscillatory convective modes in red giants: a possible explanation of the long secondary periods by Saio, Hideyuki, Wood, Peter R., Takayama, Masaki, Ita, Yoshifusa

“…We discuss properties of oscillatory convective modes in low-mass red giants, and compare them with observed properties of the long secondary periods (LSPs) of…”
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Transition of the stellar initial mass function explored using binary population synthesis by Suda, Takuma, Komiya, Yutaka, Yamada, Shimako, Katsuta, Yutaka, Aoki, Wako, Gil-Pons, Pilar, Doherty, Carolyn L., Campbell, Simon W., Wood, Peter R., Fujimoto, Masayuki Y.

“…The stellar initial mass function (IMF) plays a crucial role in the determination of the number of surviving stars in galaxies, of the chemical composition of…”
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Asymptotic giant branch superwind speed at low metallicity by Marshall, Jonathan R., Van Loon, Jacco Th, Matsuura, Mikako, Wood, Peter R., Zijlstra, Albert A., Whitelock, Patricia A.

“…Abstract We present the results of a survey for OH maser emission at 1612 MHz from dust-enshrouded asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars and supergiants in the…”
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Modelling long-period variables – I. A new grid of O-rich and C-rich pulsation models by Trabucchi, Michele, Wood, Peter R, Montalbán, Josefina, Marigo, Paola, Pastorelli, Giada, Girardi, Léo

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Modelling long-period variables – II. Fundamental mode pulsation in the non-linear regime by Trabucchi, Michele, Wood, Peter R, Mowlavi, Nami, Pastorelli, Giada, Marigo, Paola, Girardi, Léo, Lebzelter, Thomas

“…ABSTRACT Long-period variability in luminous red giants has several promising applications, all of which require models able to accurately predict pulsation…”
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Infrared Spectroscopy of Symbiotic Stars. IV. V2116 Ophiuchi/GX 1+4, The Neutron Star Symbiotic by Hinkle, Kenneth H, Fekel, Francis C, Joyce, Richard R, Wood, Peter R, Smith, Verne V, Lebzelter, Thomas

“…We have computed, using 17 infrared radial velocities, the first set of orbital elements for the M giant in the symbiotic binary V2116 Ophiuchi. The giant's…”
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A Spitzer mid-infrared spectral survey of mass-losing carbon stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud by Zijlstra, Albert A., Matsuura, Mikako, Wood, Peter R., Sloan, G. C., Lagadec, Eric, van Loon, Jacco Th, Groenewegen, M. A. T., Feast, M. W., Menzies, J. W., Whitelock, P. A., Blommaert, J. A. D. L., Cioni, M.-R. L., Habing, H. J., Hony, S., Loup, C., Waters, L. B. F. M.

“…We present a Spitzer Space Telescope spectroscopic survey of mass-losing carbon stars (and one oxygen-rich star) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The stars…”
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Constraining the thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch phase with resolved stellar populations in the Small Magellanic Cloud by Pastorelli, Giada, Marigo, Paola, Girardi, Léo, Chen, Yang, Rubele, Stefano, Trabucchi, Michele, Aringer, Bernhard, Bladh, Sara, Bressan, Alessandro, Montalbán, Josefina, Boyer, Martha L, Dalcanton, Julianne J, Eriksson, Kjell, Groenewegen, Martin A T, Höfner, Susanne, Lebzelter, Thomas, Nanni, Ambra, Rosenfield, Philip, Wood, Peter R, Cioni, Maria-Rosa L

“…Abstract The thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch (TP-AGB) experienced by low- and intermediate-mass stars is one of the most uncertain phases of stellar…”
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Non-radial modes in AGB stars by Montalbán, Josefina, Trabucchi, Michele, Marigo, Paola, Wood, Peter R., Pastorelli, Giada

“…The success of asteroseismology in characterising G-K giants has motivated the extension of the same techniques to stars after the central He-burning and…”
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Inhabiting Infrastructure: Exploring the Interactional Spaces of Urban Cycling by Latham, Alan, Wood, Peter R H

“…Contemporary cities are thick with infrastructure. In recognition of this fact a great deal of recent work within urban studies and urban geography has focused…”
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Pulsation models of O-rich and C-rich long period variables by Trabucchi, Michele, Marigo, Paola, Montalbán, Josefina, Wood, Peter R., Girardi, Léo

“…The intrinsic variability of luminous red giants is an observable providing important information about stellar structure and evolution. Our aim is to provide…”
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The Mira-based Distance to the Galactic Center by Qin, Wenzer, Nataf, David M., Zakamska, Nadia, Wood, Peter R., Casagrande, Luca

“…Mira variables are useful distance indicators, due to their high luminosities and well-defined period-luminosity relation. We select 1863 Miras from SAAO and…”
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Metal-rich carbon stars in the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy by Lagadec, Eric, Zijlstra, Albert A., Sloan, G. C., Wood, Peter R., Matsuura, Mikako, Bernard-Salas, Jeronimo, Blommaert, J. A. D. L., Cioni, M.-R. L., Feast, M. W., Groenewegen, M. A. T., Hony, Sacha, Menzies, J. W., Van Loon, J. Th, Whitelock, P. A.

“…We present spectroscopic observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope of six carbon-rich asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars in the Sagittarius dwarf…”
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Identification of Herbig Ae/Be Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud by Keller, Luke D., Sloan, G. C., Oliveira, Joana M., Kraemer, Kathleen E., van Loon, Jacco Th, Wood, Peter R., Zijlstra, A. A., Simon, Joshua D., Ferreira, Rafael, Garay-MacLean, Martín, Hyatt, Jordan T., Geidel, Kevin, Quinn, Joseph, Santoro, Daniel, Knapp, Tori

“…Protoplanetary disks orbiting intermediate-mass stars, Herbig Ae/Be stars, that have formed in a metal-poor environment may evolve differently than their…”
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Ultra-Low Amplitude Variables in the Large Magellanic Cloud—Classical Cepheids, Pop. II Cepheids, RV Tau Stars, and Binary Variables by Buchler, J. Robert, Wood, Peter R, Soszyński, Igor

“…A search for variable stars with ultra-low amplitudes (ULAs), in the millimagnitude range, has been made in the combined MACHO and OGLE databases in the broad…”
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Spitzer spectroscopy of carbon stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud by Lagadec, Eric, Zijlstra, Albert A., Sloan, G. C., Matsuura, Mikako, Wood, Peter R., Van Loon, Jacco Th, Harris, G. J., Blommaert, J. A. D. L., Hony, S., Groenewegen, M. A. T., Feast, M. W., Whitelock, P. A., Menzies, J. W., Cioni, M.-R.

“…We present Spitzer Space Telescope spectroscopic observations of 14 carbon-rich asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). SiC…”
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Modulations in Multi-periodic Blue Variables in the Large Magellanic Cloud by Buchler, J. Robert, Wood, Peter R, Wilson, R. E

“…As shown by Mennickent et al., a subset of the blue variable stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud exhibit brightness variability of small amplitude in the…”
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