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		| Paper: | 
		Variable Stars and The Asymptotic Giant Branch: Stellar Pulsations, Dust Production, and Mass Loss | 
	 
	
		| Volume: | 
		487, Resolving The Future Of Astronomy With Long-Baseline Interferometry | 
	 
	
		| Page: | 
		117 | 
	 
	
		| Authors: | 
		Speck, A. K. | 
	 
	
	
		| Abstract: | 
		Low- and intermediate-mass stars (1–8 M☉; LIMS) are very important  contributors of material to the interstellar medium (ISM), and yet the  mechanisms by which this matter is expelled remain a mystery.  In this paper we discuss how interferometry plays a role in studying the  interplay between pulsation, mass loss, dust formation, and evolution of  these LIMS. | 
	 
	
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