Weighing stars from birth to death: mass determination methods across the HRD

A Serenelli, A Weiss, C Aerts, GC Angelou… - The Astronomy and …, 2021 - Springer
The mass of a star is the most fundamental parameter for its structure, evolution, and final
fate. It is particularly important for any kind of stellar archaeology and characterization of …

Optical interferometry in astronomy

JD Monnier - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
Here I review the current state of the field of optical stellar interferometry, concentrating on
ground-based work although a brief report of space interferometry missions is included. We …

First on-sky demonstration of an integrated-photonic nulling interferometer: the GLINT instrument

BRM Norris, N Cvetojevic, T Lagadec… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The characterization of exoplanets is critical to understanding planet diversity and formation,
their atmospheric composition, and the potential for life. This endeavour is greatly enhanced …

Unveiling Mira stars behind the molecules-Confirmation of the molecular layer model with narrow band near-infrared interferometry

G Perrin, ST Ridgway, B Mennesson… - Astronomy & …, 2004 - aanda.org
We have observed Mira stars with the FLUOR beamcombiner on the IOTA interferometer in
narrow bands around m wavelength. We find systematically larger diameters in bands …

Interferometric observations of the supergiant stars α Orionis and α Herculis with FLUOR at IOTA

G Perrin, ST Ridgway, B Mennesson, WA Traub… - Astronomy & …, 2004 - aanda.org
We report the observations in the K band of the red supergiant star α Orionis and of the
bright giant star α Herculis with the FLUOR beamcombiner at the IOTA interferometer. The …

High-resolution imaging of dust shells by using keck aperture masking and the IOTA interferometer

JD Monnier, R Millan-Gabet, PG Tuthill… - The Astrophysical …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
We present first results of an experiment to combine data from Keck aperture masking and
the Infrared-Optical Telescope Array to image the circumstellar environments of evolved …

VLBA observations of SiO masers towards Mira variable stars

WD Cotton, B Mennesson, PJ Diamond… - Astronomy & …, 2004 - aanda.org
We present new total intensity and linear polarization VLBA observations of the and maser
transitions of SiO at 42.8 and 43.1 GHz in a number of Mira variable stars over a substantial …

Dynamical opacity-sampling models of Mira variables–II. Time-dependent atmospheric structure and observable properties of four M-type model series

MJ Ireland, M Scholz, PR Wood - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
We present four model series of the codex dynamical opacity-sampling models of Mira
variables with solar abundances, designed to have parameters similar to o Cet, R Leo and R …

First surface-resolved results with the infrared optical telescope array imaging interferometer: detection of asymmetries in asymptotic giant branch stars

S Ragland, WA Traub, JP Berger… - The Astrophysical …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
We have measured nonzero closure phases for about 29% of our sample of 56 nearby
asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars, using the three-telescope Infrared Optical Telescope …

The Mira variable S Orionis: relationships between the photosphere, molecular layer, dust shell, and SiO maser shell at 4 epochs

M Wittkowski, DA Boboltz, K Ohnaka, T Driebe… - Astronomy & …, 2007 - aanda.org
Aims. We present the first multi-epoch study that includes concurrent mid-infrared and radio
interferometry of an oxygen-rich Mira star. Methods. We obtained mid-infrared interferometry …