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Preface
Acknowledgements
Fundamentals of Stellar Evolution Theory: Understanding the
HRD
C. Chiosi
Introduction
Basic stellar evolution
Physical causes of violent ignition, explosion, and collapse
Two basic ingredients: nuclear reactions and opacities
Stellar winds: observational and theoretical hints
Classical evolution of massive stars with mass loss
Convection: the major uncertainty
Passing from theory to observations
Globular clusters
Old open clusters
Young rich clusters of the LMC
The HRD of supergiants stars: open problems
Modelling AGB & Carbon stars: recent results
Cepheid stars: mass discrepancy and mixing
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Observations of the Most Luminous Stars in Local Group
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P. Massey
Introduction
Introducing the unevolved luminous stars
Finding main-sequence luminous stars in the Local Group:
methodology for a hard problem
Finding the evolved descendants of massive stars:
LBVs, WRs, and RSGs
Secrets of star formation as revealed by luminous stars
Secrets of stellar evolution revealed by luminous stars
Summary: what to take away from all this
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Quantitative Spectroscopy of the Brightest Blue Supergiant
Stars in Galaxies
R.P. Kudritzki
Introduction
Atmospheres of luminous hot stars
Methods of spectral diagnostics
The X-ray emission of O-stars
IR - diagnostics of blue supergiants with extreme mass-loss
The most massive stars in the Local Group
Stellar abundances in Local Group galaxies and beyond
The Wind Momentum - Luminosity Relationship and extragalactic distances
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Extragalactic stellar astronomy - a vision
Appendix A. Oscillator strengths distribution function of hydrogen
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Calibration of t h e Extragalactic Distance Scale
B.F. Madore & W.L. Freedman
Introduction to the lectures
Cepheids
Brief summary of the observed properties of cepheid variables
Simple physical considerations
Observational considerations
Advances driven by new technology
CCDs and multiwavelength coverage
Obtaining accurate cepheid distances
Local Group galaxies
Beyond the Local Group
The Hubble constant
The future
Contrasting aspects of the PL and PLC
A reddening-free formulation of the PL relation
Comments on reddening determinations
Comparisons with other distance indicators
The key project
Other ground-based work
Helium core flash and the tip of the red giant branch
as a primary distance indicator
The ideal distance indicator
Some history concerning the red giant branch
Concerns and technical issues
An overview of the theoretical underpinnings: core helium ignition
Recent applications of the TRGB method
The scorecard
Discussion
Implications of the Hipparcos observations of galactic Cepheids
Comparison with V-band period-luminosity relations
Multiwavelength period-luminosity relations
Discussion
Implications of a cepheid distance to the Fornax cluster
NGC 1365 and the Fornax cluster
HST observations
Cepheids in NGC 1365
The Hubble constant
The Hubble constant at Fornax
The nearby flow field
Beyond Fornax: the Tully-Fisher relation
Beyond Fornax: other relative distance determinations
Beyond Fornax: type la supernovae
Cosmological implications
Conclusions
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Dwarf Galaxies
G.S. Da Costa
Introduction
Prelude: results from standard stellar evolution
"Old" populations in the Magellanic Clouds
Local Group dE and dSph galaxies
Local Group dlrr galaxies
Dwarf galaxies beyond the Local Group
Summary
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Resolved Stellar Populations of t h e Luminous Galaxies in t h e
Local Group
M. Mateo
Introduction
Photometric techniques
Star clusters in the Local Group
The old and intermediate-age populations in luminous LG galaxies
"Young" field star populations in luminous LG galaxies
Variable star populations in LG galaxies
Beyond the Local Group
Epilogue
Appendix: stellar photometry examples using DoPHOT
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Chemical Evolution of t h e ISM in Nearby Galaxies
E.D. Skillman
Introduction and purpose
Abundances from HII regions
Simple chemical evolution
Abundance patterns in dwarf galaxies
Abundance patterns in spiral galaxies
Self-consistent star formation histories
Summary
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Populations of Massive Stars and t h e Interstellar M e d i u m
C. Leitherer
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Regions of high-mass star formation
Massive stars in resolved populations
Evolutionary synthesis of unresolved high-mass populations
Release of mass and energy by massive stars
Massive stars and the dynamics of the ISM
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