Horace A. Smith, Márcio Catelan

Pulsating Stars

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This most up-to-date and comprehensive book on the topic links the latest observational results to our present understanding of stellar pulsation and evolution theory.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley-VCH
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1140715 000
• Seitenzahl: 484
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1205g
• ISBN-13: 9783527407156
• ISBN-10: 3527407154
• Artikelnr.: 40917601

Autorenporträt

Márcio Catelan holds a full professorship at the Catholic University of Chile. Previous assignments were with the University of Virginia and with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. He is the author of over 130 journal papers and numerous review articles, and presents an impressive record of institutional service and awards, including Hubble and Guggenheim fellowships. Horace Smith is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University. He received his Master's degree and PhD from Yale and his research is focused on variable stars and what we can learn from them about the evolution of stars and galaxies. He has published extensively in astronomical journals and is the author of a book on RR Lyrae stars. He has served on numerous scientific committees and as a reviewer for several astronomical journals.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface HISTORICAL OVERVIEW Discovery of the First Pulsating Variable Stars
The Recognition of Pulsation as a Cause of Variability FUNDAMENTALS OF
STELLAR VARIABILITY OBSERVATIONS Definitions Photometric Bandpasses Period
Determination Common Observational Techniques Space-Based Versus Ground
Observations CLASSIFICATION OF VARIABLE STARS Regular, Semi-Regular, and
Irregular Variables Variability: Intrinsic and/or Extrinsic Extrinsic
Variables Intrinsic Variables STELLAR STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION THEORY The
Basic Equations of Stellar Structure and Evolution The Evolution of
Low-Mass Stars The Evolution of Intermediate-Mass Stars The Evolution of
High-Mass Stars STELLAR PULSATION THEORY Timescales Ritter's (Period-Mean
Density) Relation Basic Equations of (Radial) Stellar Pulsation Theory
Linearization of the Stellar Pulsation Equations Linear Adiabatic
Oscillations: The LAWE Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions of the LAWE
Non-Adiabatic Theory: Conditions for Stability The Linear Non-Adiabatic
Wave Equation Driving Mechanism Stability Conditions and Instability Strip
Edges Non-Radial Pulsations Nonlinear Effects RR LYRAE STARS RR Lyrae Stars
as a Class of Pulsating Variable Star RR Lyrae Stars as Standard Candles
Evolution of RR Lyrae Stars Pulsation The Blazhko Effect RR Lyrae Stars in
Globular Clusters The Oosterhoff Groups Period Changes RR Lyrae Stars
beyond the Milky Way CEPHEID AND RELATED VARIABLE STARS Classical Cepheids
Type II Cepheids BL Boo Stars or Anormalous Cepheids RV Tauri Stars RED
VARIABLE STARS Convection and Pulsation Mira and Related Long-Period
Variables Semi-Regular Variables Irregular Variables PULSATING STARS CLOSE
TO THE LOWER MAIN SEQUENCE IN THE H-R DIAGRAM Delta Scuti and SX Phoenicis
Stars Gamma Doradus Stars roAp Stars PULSATING STARS CLOSE TO THE UPPER
MAIN SEQUENCE IN THE H-R DIAGRAM Beta Cephei Stars SPB (53 Per) Stars
PULSATING SUPERGIANT STARS SPBsg Variables PV Telescopii, V652 Herculis,
and R CrB Stars Alpha Cygni, S Dor, and Wolf-Rayet Stars HOT SUBDWARF
PULSATORS EC 14026 (V361 Hya, sdBV, sdBVp, sdBVr) Variables PG 1716+426
(V1093 Her, "Betsy", sdBVg, sdBVs) Variables sdOV (V499 Ser) Variables
He-sdBV Stars PULSATING DEGENERATE STARS GW Vir Stars DBV (V777 Her) Stars
DQV Stars DAV Stars ELM-HeV Stars GW Librae Stars: Accreting WD Pulsators
Pulsations in Neutron Stars and Black Holes Glossary Index