| IAU Colloquium No. 134 - Nonlinear Phenomena in Stellar Variability | |
| Preface | |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| A Dynamical Systems Approach to Nonlinear Stellar Pulsations | p. 9 |
| Patterns of Aperiodic Pulsation | p. 33 |
| Characterisation of the Dynamics of a Variable Star | p. 51 |
| An Overview of Stellar Pulsation Theory | p. 61 |
| Nonlinear Oscillations and Beats in the Beta Canis Majoris Stars | p. 73 |
| One Zone Modeling of Irregular Variability of Stellar Convective Envelope | p. 77 |
| Accretion Disk Instabilities | p. 83 |
| Motion of a Charged Particle around a Black Hole Permeated by Magnetic Field and Its Chaotic Characters | p. 105 |
| Nonlinear Expansion Triggered by Magnetic Stress in Accretion Flow onto a Black Hole | p. 109 |
| Variability of X-Ray Emission from Cen X-3 Observed with Ginga | p. 113 |
| Spatial Pattern Formation of Interstellar Medium | p. 117 |
| Supergiant Variables: Recent Observational Results | p. 123 |
| The AAVSO Database of Variable Star Observations | p. 137 |
| Theoretical Modes Fitting on Miras Light Curves | p. 139 |
| On the Observed Complexity of Chaotic Stellar Pulsation | p. 141 |
| Predicting Variable Star Light Curves | p. 145 |
| Chaotic Behavior and Statistical Analysis of Some Mira and SR Stars | p. 149 |
| Understanding Changes in Period Ratios | p. 153 |
| On the Application of Fourier Decomposition Parameters | p. 157 |
| Line-Profiles of F Supergiant Stars as Candidates of Proto-Planetary Nebulae | p. 159 |
| Low Amplitude New Type Variable Stars in Globular Clusters | p. 163 |
| Stellar Pulsation: (I) Analysis of Stability of Envelope | p. 167 |
| Stellar Pulsation: (II) Multiple Distinct Shells | p. 169 |
| Long-Term Amplitude and Period Variations of Delta Scuti Stars: A Sign of Chaos? | p. 173 |
| The Delta Scuti Star GX Pegasi: A Theoretical Investigation of Its Power Spectrum | p. 181 |
| Short-Term Amplitude Variation of FM Com (=HR 4684) | p. 185 |
| Period Variations and Evolution of Delta Scuti Variables | p. 189 |
| Physical Characters of HD 93044 | p. 193 |
| Period Analysis of the Delta Scuti Star HD 93044 | p. 197 |
| Observation of a Variable, ZZ Ceti White Dwarf: GD 154 | p. 201 |
| Observation and Statistical Analysis of ZZ Piscium | p. 205 |
| Nonlinear, Nonradial Pulsation in Rapidly Oscillating Ap Stars | p. 207 |
| Period Variation of BW Vu1 | p. 215 |
| Nonradial Oscillations in Zeta Ophiuchi in 1991 | p. 219 |
| The Onset of Quasi-Periodic Variations in Be Stars | p. 223 |
| Optical Observations of FY Persei | p. 227 |
| Some Insights into Stellar Structure from Nonlinear Pulsations | p. 231 |
| Capabilities of the Optical Monitor for the Research in X-Ray Source and Stellar Variability | p. 235 |
| Wind Variability of LBV Stars | p. 239 |
| Variability in Active Galactic Nuclei | p. 245 |
| Fourier Analysis of the Hydrodynamic Limit-Cycle Models of Pulsating Stars | p. 261 |
| Bifurcation in Hydrodynamic Models of Stellar Pulsation | p. 269 |
| Double-Mode Stellar Pulsation | p. 281 |
| Period Doubling with Hysteresis in BL Her-Type Models | p. 301 |
| Nonlinear RR Lyrae Models with New Livermore Opacities | p. 307 |
| A Linear and Nonlinear Study of Mira | p. 311 |
| Radial and Nonradial Periods and Growth Rates of an AI Velorum Model | p. 321 |
| The Importance of Radiative Transfer in Stellar Pulsation Models | p. 325 |
| Hydrodynamics and Multi-Level Non-LTE Radiative Transfer in Pulsating Atmospheres: Cepheids | p. 329 |
| New Opacities and First Overtone Mode Cepheids | p. 331 |
| Coupled Oscillators | p. 333 |
| An Oscillator Model for Stellar Variability | p. 343 |
| The Coupling Coefficients of Pulsation for Radiative Stellar Models | p. 347 |
| The Coupling Coefficients of Radial Pulsation in Third Order | p. 349 |
| The Role of Convection in Reducing Nonadiabaticity and Mode Coupling in Cepheids | p. 351 |
| The Effect of Convection in Nonlinear One-Zone Stellar Models | p. 355 |
| A Unified Model of Dwarf Nova Outbursts Based on the Disk Instability | p. 359 |
| Pulsational Instability of Accretion Disks around Compact Objects | p. 361 |
| Numerical Simulations of Pulsationally Unstable Accretion Disks around Supermassive Black Holes | p. 365 |
| Long-Term V/R Variations of Be Stars Due to Global One-Armed Oscillations of Equatorial Disks | p. 369 |
| A Simplified Model for a Nonlinear Tidal Effect on Accretion Disks in CVs | p. 371 |
| List of Participants | p. 373 |
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