This is a modern treatment of the physics of the stars. The book starts with a chapter on stellar fundamentals, and then the story of the lives and deaths of the stars begins. The authors take us on a journey from the sun, a comparatively young star, to supernovae, manifestations of dramatic death. On the way, the reader, advanced undergraduate or beginning postgraduate, is presented with such topics as stellar evolution, mass loss and stellar wind, the hydrodynamics of stellar interiors, variability, and solar and stellar activity. This comprehensive but rigorous text, building on the theoretical and observational advances of recent years, including, for instance, a discussion of astrophysical theory in the light of Supernova 1987A, will become required reading for all serious students of astronomy.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
Original Language: French
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In the splendour of a moonless night, far from the pollution of the sky by artificial lighting, the first revelation is that of the stars. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lithium dip, pressure scaleheight, dynamical oscillations, nuclear timescale, radiative viscosity, instability strip, chromospheric network, convection zone, convective overshooting, rotational modulation, convective core, equatorial velocity, pressure ionisation, dynamo effect, mass loss rate, stellar activity, stellar flares, energy production rate, coronal holes, equatorial velocities, infall velocity, distance modulus, convective zone, giant branch, magnetic regions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The American Astronomical Society, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Annual Reviews Inc, Solar System, Abundance of Trace Elements, Mira Ceti, Year Fig New!
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In the splendour of a moonless night, far from the pollution of the sky by artificial lighting, the first revelation is that of the stars. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lithium dip, pressure scaleheight, dynamical oscillations, nuclear timescale, radiative viscosity, instability strip, chromospheric network, convection zone, convective overshooting, rotational modulation, convective core, equatorial velocity, pressure ionisation, dynamo effect, mass loss rate, stellar activity, stellar flares, energy production rate, coronal holes, equatorial velocities, infall velocity, distance modulus, convective zone, giant branch, magnetic regions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The American Astronomical Society, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Annual Reviews Inc, Solar System, Abundance of Trace Elements, Mira Ceti, Year Fig New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Effects of Mass Loss on Stellar Evolution (Astrophysics and Space Science Library) by C. Chiosi on 4 pages
- The Solar System (Astronomy and Astrophysics Library) by Thérèse Encrenaz on 4 pages
- Sun As a Star by 33000008309 in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Structure and Evolution of Stars by Schwartzchild in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Chaos in Astrophysics (NATO Science Series C: (closed)) by J. Robert Buchler on page 283, and Back Matter
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