Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics. Vol.1: Basic stellar observations and data; Vol.2: Stellar atmospheres
Abstract
Volume 1: The global properties of stars and the observational techniques used to determine them are examined in an introduction for undergraduate students. Chapters are devoted to stellar positions, proper motions, brightness, color-magnitude diagrams, luminosities, angular radii, and effective temperatures. Also considered are stellar masses and radii, spectral classification, population II stars, stellar rotation, magnetic fields, peculiar spectra, pulsating stars, explosive stars, the sun, and interstellar absorption. Diagrams, graphs, sample images and spectra, tables of numerical constants, and a set of problems are provided. Volume 2: The basic principles used in the study of the outer layers of a star are discussed. The subjects addressed include stellar magnitudes, colors, and spectra; temperature estimates for stars; radiative transfer; depth dependence of the source function; the continuous absorption coefficient; the influence of the nongreyness of the absorption coefficient; pressure stratification; theory of line formation; hydrogen lines; spectrum analysis; nonlocal thermodynamic equilibrium; the hydrogen convection zone; stellar chromospheres, transition layers, and coronae; and stellar winds.
- Publication:
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Cambridge: University Press
- Pub Date:
- 1989
- Bibcode:
- 1989itsa.book.....B
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics;
- Stellar Physics;
- Astrometry;
- Color-Magnitude Diagram;
- Interstellar Extinction;
- Peculiar Stars;
- Solar Physics;
- Stellar Luminosity;
- Stellar Magnetic Fields;
- Stellar Magnitude;
- Stellar Mass;
- Stellar Motions;
- Stellar Radiation;
- Stellar Spectra;
- Stellar Temperature;
- Variable Stars;
- Astrophysics;
- ASTROPHYSICS;
- STARS;
- INTRODUCTIONS;
- OBSERVATIONS