Proceedings of the 33rd Liege International Astrophysical Colloquium
(July 1-3, 1996)
"WOLF-RAYET STARS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF STELLAR EVOLUTION"
Table of Contents
Section I : Introduction
(Chairperson : A. Underhill)
Introductory Report :
- Past and present classification of hot massive stars
K.A. VAN DER HUCHT
Discussion
Posters :
- Do we really need the WO spectral type ?
V.F. POLCARO, L. NORCI, C. ROSSI and R. VIOTTI
- A photometric classification of Wolf-Rayet stars
J.M. VREUX, J. MANFROID and P. ROYER
Section II : Evolution of massive stars : theory
(Chairperson : M. Arnould)
Introductory Reports :
- The Conti scenario for forming WR stars : past, present and future
A. MAEDER
Discussion
- Binary WR : an alternative channel for Conti's scenario
J.P. DE GREVE
Discussion
Posters :
- Wolf-Rayet stars : short-lived radionuclide contaminators of the
early solar system ?
M. ARNOULD, G. PAULUS and G. MEYNET
- Evolution of very massive stars
K.J.R. ODEGAARD
- Wolf-Rayet stars : major contributors to the galactic 19F ?
G. MEYNET and M. ARNOULD
- Evolution of massive helium stars with mass loss
E.I. STARITSIN
- Does the ``Conti scenario" accurately describe the evolutionary
relationship between O, Of, and Wolf-Rayet stars ?
A.B. UNDERHILL
Section III : Observational characteristics of Wolf-Rayet
stars and related objects
(Chairperson : B. Bohannan)
Introductory Reports :
- Observed properties of Wolf-Rayet and related stars at optical
to X-ray wavelengths
A.J. WILLIS and P.A. CROWTHER
Discussion
- Wolf-Rayet stars at long wavelengths -- Inferences from infrared and
radio observations
P.M. WILLIAMS
Discussion
- Hard facts from close binaries
A.M. CHEREPASHCHUK
Discussion
- Spectral and photometric variability
I.I. ANTOKHIN
Discussion
- Asymmetries and inhomogeneities in Wolf-Rayet winds
A.F.J. MOFFAT
Discussion
Posters :
- On the infrared spectral morphology of Wolf-Rayet WN subtypes
P.R.J. EENENS, A. PICENO, P. MORRIS and M. TAPIA
- Blobs also in O star winds
T. EVERSBERG, S. LEPINE and A.F.J. MOFFAT
- WR 134 line-profile variability : preliminary results of the 1994
campaign
E. GOSSET and J.M. VREUX
- Fast narrow-band photometry of the WR141 (WN6)
V. KHALACK
- Spectropolarimetry of WR66
H. LAMY, D. HUTSEMEKERS and G. RAUW
- Wolf-Rayet emission lines varying all together : the case of the
WC9 star HD164270
S. LEPINE
- WR 134 revisited : the persistent 37-day periodicity
S. MARCHENKO, A. MOFFAT, I. ANTOKHIN, T. EVERSBERG and G. TOVMASSIAN
- The all-variable WN8 stars : the stellar core as driver
S. MARCHENKO, A. MOFFAT, T. EVERSBERG, G. HILL, G. TOVMASSIAN
T. MOREL, I. ANTOKHIN and W. SEGGEWISS
- The ``photosphere-wind connection" in Wolf-Rayet stars :
simultaneous photometry and spectroscopy of EZ CMa
T. MOREL, N. ST-LOUIS and S.V. MARCHENKO
- More on HD 4004. Another WR+cc star ?
A. NIEDZIELSKI
- The distance to HD 193576 (V444 CYG)
T. NUGIS
- Photoelectric observations of three Wolf-Rayet stars (WR 137,
WR 140, WR 153) in 1991 - 1995
K.P. PANOV and W. SEGGEWISS
- Tomographic separation of UV spectra in O-type binary systems
L.R. PENNY, D.R. GIES and W.G. BAGNUOLO, Jr.
- Line-profile variablity in the spectrum of WR22 around periastron:
binary interaction or intrinsic variability ?
G. RAUW, J.M. VREUX and E. GOSSET
- A new orbital solution for the WNL binary system WR12
G. RAUW, J.-M. VREUX, E. GOSSET, J. MANFROID and V.S. NIEMELA
- Ultraviolet evidence of ionization stratification in WR winds
K. ROCHOWICZ
- Evidence for clumping from the infrared and radio continuum of
hot stars
M.C. RUNACRES and R. BLOMME
- Ionization stratification in WN winds
R.E. SCHULTE-LADBECK, J.E. HERALD, P.R.J. EENENS and P. MORRIS
- The erratic 21 cm light-curve of WR146 (HM 19-3, WC6+OB)
D.Y.A. SETIA GUNAWAN, K.A. VAN DER HUCHT, A.G. de BRUYN and P.M.
WILLIAMS
- WR+O colliding-wind binaries
N. ST-LOUIS, G. HILL, A.F.J. MOFFAT, P. BARTZAKOS and I. ANTOKHIN
- Line-profile variability and mass-transfer in the early type binary
BD+40ø 4220
J.M. VREUX, G. RAUW, B. BOHANNAN and J. MANFROID
- X-ray emission from (apparently) single galactic Wolf-Rayet stars
U. WESSOLOWSKI
- A search for companions to dust-making Wolf-Rayet stars
P.M. WILLIAMS and K.A. VAN DER HUCHT
Section IV : Evidences for evolutionary links; transition
objects
(Chairperson : R. Schulte-Ladbeck)
Introductory Reports :
- Numbers and distribution of Wolf-Rayet stars in local group galaxies
: clues to massive star evolution
P. MASSEY
Discussion
- Ring nebulae as probes of the evolutionary links between Wolf-Rayet
stars and their precursors
L.J. SMITH
Discussion
- Evolutionary implications for ``transition" stars from ground-based
and ISO-SWS spectra
P. MORRIS, K.A. VAN DER HUCHT, P.R.J. EENENS and P.M. WILLIAMS
Discussion
Posters :
- A coupled hydrodynamic-ionisation model for the clumpy Wolf-Rayet
ring nebula RCW 58
S.J. ARTHUR and W.J. HENNEY
- Wolf-Rayet stars in the galactic center
A.S. COTERA, D.F. FIGER and R.D. BLUM
- On the nature of OIafpe stars
P.A. CROWTHER and B. BOHANNAN
- Multiple rings around Wolf-Rayet stars: implications for evolution
A.P. MARSTON
- HD 168625 : a new luminous blue variable ?
A. NOTA, A. PASQUALI, M. CLAMPIN, D. POLLACCO and M. LIVIO
- LBVs and a late WN-star in M 31 and M 33
T. SZEIFERT
Section V : Analysis of the observations : the models and
their results
(Chairperson : T. Nugis)
Introductory Reports :
- Spectral analyses with the standard model. Part I : Spectral diagnostics
of luminous blue supergiants
R.P. KUDRITZKI
Discussion
- Spectral analyses with the standard model. Part II : Wolf-Rayet stars
W.-R. HAMANN and L. KOESTERKE
Discussion
- Relaxing assumptions in the standard model
D. J. HILLIER
Discussion
- Wind compression effects in WR winds, and the Hanle effect as a magnetic
field diagnostic
J.P. CASSINELLI and R. IGNACE
Discussion
- What we really know, what we don't know
W. SCHMUTZ
Discussion
Posters :
- Line profiles from axisymmetric winds
L. GEORGIEV and G. KOENIGSBERGER
- Clumping in the winds of late type WN stars
T. NUGIS
- Quantitative analysis of the O3f* star HD 93129A using the optical
emission lines
G. TARESCH, R.P. KUDRITZKI, A.W.A. PAULDRACH, J. PULS, K. BUTLER
and D.J. LENNON
- Ashes to ashes, dust to ...eclipse WR stars
P.M. VEEN, A.M. VAN GENDEREN, K.A. VAN DER HUCHT, A. LI and C. STERKEN
Section VI : Massive stars in starburst
(Chairperson : A. Nota)
Introductory Reports :
- Massive stars in Wolf-Rayet galaxies (Abstract)
W.D. VACCA
- Spectral synthesis analysis of hot-star populations
C. LEITHERER
Discussion
Posters :
- Evolutionary population synthesis models including SINGLE and
BINARY stars : implications in the WR population
M. CERVINO, J.M. MAS-HESSE and D. KUNTH
- Wolf-Rayet stars in very young starburst galaxies
T. CONTINI
- Wolf-Rayet galaxies in the NIR : images and spectra
A. COTERA, M. WERNER and L. ARMUS
- Extended wings in emission line profiles of four Wolf-Rayet galaxies
D. MENDEZ and C. ESTEBAN
- WR populations in starbursts : WN and WC subtypes and the role
of binaries
D. SCHAERER and W.D. VACCA
- Wolf-Rayet stars in NGC 300
G. TESTOR, J. BREYSACHER, M. AZZOPARDI and G. MURATORIO
Concluding Remarks
Wolf-Rayet stars in the framework of stellar evolution : Problems,
opportunities, and a summary
P. CONTI
List of participants