Problems of Cosmology and Stellar Dynamics

Klappentext Problems of Cosmogony and Stellar Dynamics is a theoretical prelude to Jeans's later and more mature work on the subject! Astronomy and Cosmogony. Zusammenfassung Problems of Cosmogony and Stellar Dynamics is a theoretical prelude to Jeans's later and more mature work on the subject! Astronomy and Cosmogony. The impetus for publishing his theories on the behaviour of rotating masses! and on general dynamical theory! was the 1917 Adams Prize on the 'rotating and gravitating fluid mass'. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introductory chapter; 2. General dynamical principles; 3. Ellipsoidal configurations of equilibrium; 4. The gravitational potential of a distorted ellipsoid; 5. Pear-shaped configurations of equilibrium; 6. Motion when there are no stable configurations of equilibrium; 7. The motion of compressible and non-homogeneous masses; 8. The evolution of gaseous masses; 9. The evolution of rotating nebulae; 10. The evolution of star-clusters; 11. The evolution of binary and multiple stars; 12. The origin and evolution of the solar system.

Product details

• Authors: James Jeans, Sir James Jeans
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.07.2009
• EAN: 9781108005685
• ISBN: 978-1-108-00568-5
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; Astronomy, space & time, Astronomy, space and time, SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology