Unsolved Problems in Stellar Evolution
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Part of Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series
- Editor: Mario Livio, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore
- Date Published: June 2000
- availability: Unavailable - out of print August 2010
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521780919
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This timely volume reviews recent progress in our understanding of all aspects of stellar structure and evolution, with special emphasis on currently unsolved problems. It covers every stage in the life of a star, from birth to death, as well as the fundamental processes which affect stellar evolution. Each article is written by a leading world expert, based on presentations at an international conference held at the Space Telescope Science Institute. A complete understanding of stellar evolution is important in its own right, and also as a central piece in understanding how galaxies form and evolve. This volume presents the most comprehensive and up-to-date survey available of our current understanding of stellar structure and evolution. It provides an essential reference for researchers interested in stellar evolution and galaxy formation and evolution, and a valuable resource for graduate students seeking a state-of-the-art review of unsolved problems in this exciting area of research.
Read more- The most comprehensive and up-to-date survey available of our current understanding of stellar structure and evolution, with a unique emphasis on currently unsolved problems
- Articles written by leading experts from around the world
- Essential reading for all those studying how galaxies form and evolve, as well as those interested in stellar structure and evolution
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'Take the book and read.' Irish Astronomical Journal
See more reviews'… an essential reference for researchers interested in stellar evolution and galaxy formation and evolution, and a valuable resource for graduate students seeking a state-of-the-art review of unsolved problems in this exciting area of research.' Europe & Astronomy
'Its a set of well-written and accessible reviews assembled by the Baltimore-based Space Telescope Science Institute.' New Scientist
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- Date Published: June 2000
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521780919
- length: 318 pages
- dimensions: 257 x 181 x 25 mm
- weight: 0.805kg
- contains: 135 b/w illus. 7 tables
- availability: Unavailable - out of print August 2010
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Pre-main-sequence evolution
3. Low-mass young stellar objects
4. Massive star formation: the role of bipolar outflows
5. Observation and theory of the initial stellar mass function
6. Brown dwarfs: from mythical to ubiquitous
7. Applications of accurate masses, Radii and Luminosities
8. Science results for stellar structure and evolution from Hipparcos
9. Solar neutrinos
10. Asteroseismology
11. Input physics and parameters: accretion and losses of mass and angular momentum
12. Why stars evolve to giant Radii
13. Abundance anomalies in stars: a 30-minute tour of the HR diagram
14. Winds and mass-loss of hot stars
15. Mass loss from cool stars
16. Selected problems in binary stellar-evolution theory
17. White dwarf stars
18. The pistol star and massive stars in the galactic center
19. FG Sge - an update
20. The Nebula around the carbon star IRC+10216
Concluding remarks.
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