Variable Stars as Essential Astrophysical Tools: Proceeding of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Variable Stars as Essential Astrophysical Tools Çe Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Ibanogammalu, Cafer (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0792360842 ISBN-13: 9780792360841 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $313.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1999 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Astrophysics - Science | Astronomy |
Dewey: 523.844 |
Series: NATO Science Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 1.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (2.70 lbs) 844 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Pulsating and eccentric binary stars play a fundamentally important role in deciphering the mass distribution within stars. The present volume reviews the fundamental concepts of both radial and nonradial oscillations in the stars, including the Sun. Helio- and astroseismological results are reviewed, from the basics to the most recent developments. A new theory is presented, which seems to explain the mechanism of the light and radial velocity variations of recently discovered Ap stars. This textbook covers almost all kinds of variable stars of widely different characteristics. It will serve as a reference text for a very long time to come, not only for specialists but also for undergraduate students of physics and astronomy. |