NEW Astronomy REVIEWS
Volume 43, Number 1, May 1999

CONTENTS
Guidelines to authors V

L. Hartmann
Comparisons between the accretion flows of low- and intermediate-mass stars 1

A. Frank
Bipolar outflows and the evolution of stars 31

A. Konigl
Theory of bipolar outflows from high-mass young stellar objects 67

J. Suran
The calendar of the future. A world calendar with leap week [Vistas in Astronomy 41 (1998) 493] 79

NEW ASTRONOMY REVIEWS
VOL. 43 , NO. 2-4 , 1999



Foreword 81
J.G. Bartlett. The standard cosmological model



and CMB anisotropies 83


R, Durrer Topological defects in cosmology 111


A. Kosowsky. Introduction to microwave
background polarization 157


S. Bonometto. Dark matter nature from CMB
and LSS data 169



M. Signore, D. Puy. Primordial nucleo-
synthesis 185


E.L. Wright, CMB anisotropics in the radio
range 201



M. Gervasi. The spectrum of Cosmic Micro-
wave Background at low frequency 207



R. FabbrL Polarization of the cosmic back-
ground radiation and secondary ionization
of the cosmic medium 215


D. Puy, M, Signore, Primordial chemistry 223


G. Sironi. The frequency spectrum of the
Cosmic Microwave Background 243


L.Valenziano. Antennas and flux collectors for
CMBR studies 251



E.L, Wright MAP: the Microwave Anisotropy
Probe 257


G, SironL Polarization of the Cosmic Micro-
wave Background: the Milan Polarimeter
Experiment 263



S. Cortiglioni. The Sky Polarization Observat-
ory (SPOrt): a project to measure the dif-
fused sky polarization from the International
Space Station Alpha (ISSA) 271



R de Bernardis, G. De Troia, L, Miglio,
Calibration of balloon-borne CMB experi-
ments 281



P. de Bemardis, P.A.R. Ade, R, Artusa, J.J.
Bock, A. Boscaleri, B,P. Crill, G. De Troia,
PC, Faiese, M, Giacometti, V.V Hristov, A.
lacoangeli, A.E. Lange, AT, Lee, S. Masi,
L- Martinis, PV Mason, PD, Manskopf, F,
Melchion-i, L. Miglio, T. Montroy, C.B.
Netlerfield, E, Pascale, F. Piacentini, RL.
Richards,J. E. Ruhl, F. Scaramuzzi. Map-
ping the CMB sky: THE BOOMERanG
experiment 289

M. de Petris, G. MLlinella, A, Nerozzi, P de
Bernardis, G. Garavini, S. Granata, G,
Guarini, S. Masi, B. Melchichm, H, Mel-
chiorri, S. Nobili, A. Orlando, L Palummo,


G. Pisano, A. Tcrracina, A ground-based
experiment for CMBR anisotropy ohscrva-
lions: MITO 297



R. LcoiiL Oii-chil) inicro-ielrigeiatois lor SLib-
Kelvin cooling 317


G. Pisano. Millimiter CBR polarimetry: the
POLCBR experiment at IVLLT-O 329


Author index 341

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Contents

Introduction

E.F. Guinan, R.H. Koch. Introduction to stellar
evolution in real time: Observing stellar
evolution on human time scales vii


I. Direct evidence of single star stellar evolution -
theory and observations
N. Mowlavi. Stellar evolution in real time:
single star evolution 389


J.B. Heamshaw. An analysis of Almagest
magnitudes for the study of stellar evolution 403


M. Bobrowsky, K.C. Sahu, M. Parthasarathy,
P. Garcia-Lario. The Stingray Nebula:
watching the rapid evolution of a newly
born planetary nebula 411


J. Jurcsik, B. Montesinos. The remarkable
evolution of the post-AGB star FG Sge 415


F. Kerber. SakuraVs object: stellar evolution in
"real time" 425


A.S. Hojaev. A study of the Young starV1331
Cyg in a compact star forming region 431
II. Evidence of stellar evolution from pulsation
studies


P.A. Whitelock. "Real-time" evolution in Mira
variables 437

M. Breger. Mode and period changes in pulsat-
ing stars near the main sequence: (delta) Scuti
stars 441


J.R. Percy. Real time evolution of evolved
stars 449


M. Jerzykiewicz. Long-term period and am-
plitude variations in (beta) Cephei stars 455


M. Jerzykiewicz, A. Pigulski. Long-term varia-
tions in the(beta) Cephei stars 16 (EN) Lac and
v Eri 461


J. Jurcsik, G. Kovacs. The [Fe/H] dependence
of the physical parameters of RRab stars - a
semi-empirical approach 463


F.J. Lu, M. Wu, T.P. Li, X.J. Sun. X-ray
emission differences in SNR MSH14-63 467


K.G. Carpenter, R.D. Robinson. Winds and
mass-loss from evolved, low-gravity cool
stars 471


S. Nishida, T. Tanabe, S. Matsumoto, T.
Onaka, Y. Nakada, K. Sekiguchi, I.S. Glass.
Discovery of infrared stars in globular
clusters in the Magellanic Clouds and their
light variations 473


III. Evolution of binary stars

V.S. Niemela, R.H. Barba, N.I. Morrell. Rapid
evolutionary changes in the WR binary HD
5980 475

C. Maceroni. Angular momentum loss and
transfer in close binaries: effects on a
human time-scale? 481

D. Kotnik-Karuza, R. Jurdana-Sepic. Search
for signs of a new outburst in the quiescent
state of CH Cygni 487


P. Harmanec. Evolutionary changes in the
eclipsing binary(beta) Lyrae 491


J.M. Kreiner, G. Pajdosz, S. Zola. The 283 day
Periodicity in the O-C diagram of(beta) Lyrae 499

Author index 501