Advanced Stellar Astrophysics

This advanced 1998 textbook on stellar astrophysics provides a comprehensive and self-contained introduction for graduate students. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Star formation and stellar evolution: an overview; 2. Introduction to the physics of stellar interiors and the equations of stellar structure; 3. Statistical physics; 4. Absorption processes; 5. Stellar atmospheres, convective envelopes and stellar winds; 6. Thermonuclear reactions and nucleosynthesis; 7. Weak interactions in stellar interiors; 8. Stellar stability and hydrodynamics; 9. Binary stars, mass accretion, stellar rotation and meridional circulation; 10. Stellar magnetic fields; 11. White dwarfs, novae and supernovae; 12. General relativity; 13. Neutron stars and black holes; Appendix A: physical and astronomical constants; Appendix B: further comments on the Dirac equation; Appendix C: mathematical appendix; Appendix D: polytropes and the isothermal gas sphere; Appendix E: solutions to selected problems; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: William K. Rose, William K. (University of Maryland Rose, Rose William K.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.04.1998
• EAN: 9780521588331
• ISBN: 978-0-521-58833-1
• No. of pages: 496
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous