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Author : Vicki E. Sherwood,L. Plaut
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1975-07-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 902770578X
Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 67 held in Moscow, U.S.S.R., July 29-August 4, 1974
Author : International Astronomical Union. Symposium
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:640973092
Author : Mike Inglis
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781447100591
Stellar evolution - the birth, development and death of stars - is central to our current understanding of astronomy, but surprisingly the majority of amateur astronomers lack a full understanding of the physics of stars. Current books on the market tend to be highly theoretical and off-putting, in Observer's Guide to Stellar Evolution, Mike Inglis brings this subject to life in a unique way. By combining a step-by-step introduction with suggestions for practical observations of stars at different stages in their evolution, amateur astronomers regardless of their current level of knowledge, will find this book fascinating and informative. -Accessible to every amateur astronomer, regardless of background knowledge. -Step-by-step introduction to the theory of stellar evolution. -Includes many examples of stars at different stages in their evolution, that the reader can observe for him/herself. -Mathematics is made accessible by being presented in 'boxes'that readers can skip over if they prefer!
Author : Carla Cacciari,Gisella Clementini
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015019481640
Author : John R. Percy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007-05-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139463287
This book was first published in 2007. Variable stars are those that change brightness. Their variability may be due to geometric processes such as rotation, or eclipse by a companion star, or physical processes such as vibration, flares, or cataclysmic explosions. In each case, variable stars provide unique information about the properties of stars, and the processes that go on within them. This book provides a concise overview of variable stars, including a historical perspective, an introduction to stars in general, the techniques for discovering and studying variable stars, and a description of the main types of variable stars. It ends with short reflections about the connection between the study of variable stars, and research, education, amateur astronomy, and public interest in astronomy. This book is intended for anyone with some background knowledge of astronomy, but is especially suitable for undergraduate students and experienced amateur astronomers who can contribute to our understanding of these important stars.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1414739675
Author : Robert T. Rood,Alvio Renzini
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1997-06-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521591848
An understanding of how stars evolve is central to astrophysics. The basic theory is well established. However, the subject has undergone a renaissance in recent years as powerful computers have become widely available and allowed complex evolutionary models to be developed and compared in great detail with observations from the latest instruments. This timely volume presents the review articles from an international meeting in Elba, Italy, where experts gathered to review how our understanding of stellar evolution has advanced. Topics covered include fundamentals of stellar evolution, star clusters, variable stars, asymptotic giant branch stars, degenerate stars, the evolution of binary stars, and chemical and galactic evolution. Throughout, theory and observation are closely compared. The book also emphasises the critical role stars have on our understanding of how galaxies evolve. In this book we are provided with both the fundamentals and the latest research. In this way, it will provide an invaluable supplement for graduate students, and a timely review for researchers.
Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Space Studies Board,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Committee for a Decadal Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309157995
Driven by discoveries, and enabled by leaps in technology and imagination, our understanding of the universe has changed dramatically during the course of the last few decades. The fields of astronomy and astrophysics are making new connections to physics, chemistry, biology, and computer science. Based on a broad and comprehensive survey of scientific opportunities, infrastructure, and organization in a national and international context, New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics outlines a plan for ground- and space- based astronomy and astrophysics for the decade of the 2010's. Realizing these scientific opportunities is contingent upon maintaining and strengthening the foundations of the research enterprise including technological development, theory, computation and data handling, laboratory experiments, and human resources. New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics proposes enhancing innovative but moderate-cost programs in space and on the ground that will enable the community to respond rapidly and flexibly to new scientific discoveries. The book recommends beginning construction on survey telescopes in space and on the ground to investigate the nature of dark energy, as well as the next generation of large ground-based giant optical telescopes and a new class of space-based gravitational observatory to observe the merging of distant black holes and precisely test theories of gravity. New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics recommends a balanced and executable program that will support research surrounding the most profound questions about the cosmos. The discoveries ahead will facilitate the search for habitable planets, shed light on dark energy and dark matter, and aid our understanding of the history of the universe and how the earliest stars and galaxies formed. The book is a useful resource for agencies supporting the field of astronomy and astrophysics, the Congressional committees with jurisdiction over those agencies, the scientific community, and the public.
Author : Cuno Hoffmeister,Gerold Richter,Wolfgang Wenzel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015017180434
Author : Maurizio Salaris,Santi Cassisi
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005-12-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 047009222X
Evolution of Stars and Stellar Populations is a comprehensive presentation of the theory of stellar evolution and its application to the study of stellar populations in galaxies. Taking a unique approach to the subject, this self-contained text introduces first the theory of stellar evolution in a clear and accessible manner, with particular emphasis placed on explaining the evolution with time of observable stellar properties, such as luminosities and surface chemical abundances. This is followed by a detailed presentation and discussion of a broad range of related techniques, that are widely applied by researchers in the field to investigate the formation and evolution of galaxies. This book will be invaluable for undergraduates and graduate students in astronomy and astrophysics, and will also be of interest to researchers working in the field of Galactic, extragalactic astronomy and cosmology. comprehensive presentation of stellar evolution theory introduces the concept of stellar population and describes "stellar population synthesis" methods to study ages and star formation histories of star clusters and galaxies presents stellar evolution as a tool for investigating the evolution of galaxies and of the universe in general
Author : P. Ledoux,A. Noels,A.W. Rodgers
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1974-11-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9027704805
Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 59, held at Mount Stromlo, Canberra, Australia, August 16-18, 1973
Author : Michel Petit
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015015756201
The study of variable stars is extremely important in astronomy, since the category covers many different types associated with critical stages in stellar evolution. The information gained from variable stars has, therefore, many applications in astronomy.
Author : J.D. Fernie
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401025904
This volume contains the papers and discussions at IAU Colloquium No. 21 on Variable Stars in Globular Clusters and in Related Systems held in Toronto on the 29th, 30th and 31st August 1972. It was the intention of the organizers that this meeting should honour the life long work in this field of Professor Helen Sawyer Hogg. She has been continuously active in observational research on variables in globular clusters for 46 years and her catalogues and bibliographies as well as her research papers, review articles and IA U reports as chairman of the committee on variable stars in clusters are of fundamental importance to all workers in this field. The scope of the colloquium covered both observational and theoretical aspects of the problem, including the relationship of variables to non-variable cluster members, the position of the variables in the HR diagram and their importance for problems of stellar evolution, empirical data on the variables, periods and period changes, and the relevant parts of pulsation theory. The meeting was particularly successful in bringing together observers and theorists. It will have achieved its object if it has shown both observers and theorists which are the problems most suitable for attack at the present time. The meeting clearly demonstrated the great importance of research on variables in globular clusters and related systems for our understanding both of stellar evolution and stellar pulsation.
Author : Klaas de Boer
Publisher : EDP Sciences
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-17T00:00:00+01:00
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782759803286
The diverse forms that stars assume in the course of their lives can all be derived from the initial conditions : the mass and the original chemical composition. In this textbook Stars and Stellar Evolution the basic concepts of stellar structure and the main roads of stellar evolution are described. First, the observable parameters are presented, which are based on the radiation emerging from a stellar atmosphere. Then the basic physics is described, such as the physics of gases, radiation transport, and nuclear processes, followed by essential aspects of modelling the structure of stars. After a chapter on star formation, the various steps in the evolution of stars are presented. This leads us to brown dwarfs, to the way a star changes into the red-giant state and numerous other stages of evolution and ultimately to the stellar ashes such as white dwarfs, supernovae and neutron stars. Stellar winds, stellar rotation and convection all influence the way a star evolves. The evolution of binary stars is included by using several canonical examples in which interactive processes lead to X-ray binaries and supernovae of type Ia. Finally, the consequences of the study of stellar evolution are tied to observed mass and luminosity functions and to the overall evolution of matter in the universe. The authors aim at reaching an understanding of stars and their evolution by both graduate students and astronomers who are not themselves investigating stars. To that end, numerous graphs and sketches, among which the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram is the dominant one, help trace the ways of stellar evolution. Ample references to specialised review articles as well as to relevant research papers are included.
Author : Martin Schwarzschild
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400879175
With the development of nuclear physics the theory of the stellar interior entered a new phase. Many new investigations have been conducted and the results published in a variety of specialized media. This book brings these results together in a single volume and summarizes the present status of the theory of stellar evolution. Originally published in 1958. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.