Pulsating stars / Márcio Catelan, Horace A. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Catelan, Márcio, author.

Smith, Horace A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pulsating stars.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (487 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Weinheim, Germany : Wiley, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The most recent and comprehensive book on pulsating stars which ties the observations to our present understanding of stellar pulsation and evolution theory. Written by experienced researchers and authors in the field, this book includes the latest observational results and is valuable reading for astronomers, graduate students, nuclear physicists and high energy physicists.

Contents:

Pulsating Stars; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Historical Overview; 1.1 Discovery of the First Pulsating Variable Stars; 1.1.1 Nomenclature; 1.2 The Recognition of Pulsation as a Cause of Variability; Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Stellar Variability Observations; 2.1 Definitions; 2.1.1 Time and Julian Dates; 2.1.2 Light Curves; 2.2 Photometric Bandpasses; 2.3 Period Determination; 2.4 Common Observational Techniques; 2.4.1 Visual Methods; 2.4.2 Photographic Methods; 2.4.3 Photoelectric Methods; 2.4.4 CCD Surveys; 2.5 Space-Based Versus Ground Observations

Chapter 3 Classification of Variable Stars3.1 Regular, Semi-Regular, and Irregular Variables; 3.2 Variability: Intrinsic and/or Extrinsic; 3.3 Extrinsic Variables; 3.3.1 Algol-Type Eclipsing Binaries (EAs); 3.3.2 β Lyrae-Type Eclipsing Binaries (EBs); 3.3.3 W UMa-Type Eclipsing Binaries (EWs); 3.3.4 R-Type Binaries; 3.3.5 Planetary Transits and Asteroid Occultations; 3.4 Intrinsic Variables; 3.4.1 Rotational Variables; 3.4.1.1 Ap Stars (α2 CVn Stars); 3.4.1.2 Spotted W UMa, β Lyr, and Algol Systems; 3.4.1.3 RS Canum Venaticorum Stars; 3.4.1.4 BY Dra Stars; 3.4.1.5 FK Com Stars

3.4.1.6 Ellipsoidal Variables3.4.2 Eruptive Variables; 3.4.2.1 UV Ceti Stars; 3.4.2.2 FU Orionis (FUor) Stars; 3.4.2.3 EX Lupi (EXor) Stars; 3.4.2.4 T Tauri Stars; 3.4.2.5 Herbig Ae/Be Stars; 3.4.2.6 Luminous Blue Variables; 3.4.2.7 Wolf- Rayet Stars; 3.4.2.8 R Coronae Borealis (R CrB) Variables; 3.4.2.9 γ Cassiopeiae (Be) Stars; 3.4.3 Explosive and Novalike Variables; 3.4.3.1 Cataclysmic Variables; 3.4.3.2 Symbiotic Stars; 3.4.3.3 Supernovae; 3.4.4 Pulsating Variables and the Scope of this Book; Chapter 4 Stellar Structure and Evolution Theory

4.1 The Basic Equations of Stellar Structure and Evolution4.2 The Evolution of Low-Mass Stars; 4.3 The Evolution of Intermediate-Mass Stars; 4.4 The Evolution of High-Mass Stars; Chapter 5 Stellar Pulsation Theory; 5.1 Timescales; 5.2 Ritter's (Period- Mean Density) Relation; 5.3 Basic Equations of (Radial) Stellar Pulsation Theory; 5.3.1 Generalization of the Energy Conservation Equation; 5.3.2 Summary; 5.4 Linearization of the Stellar Pulsation Equations; 5.4.1 Perturbation Theory; 5.4.2 The Continuity Equation; 5.4.3 The Conservation of Momentum Equation

5.4.4 The Energy Conservation Equation5.4.5 The Energy Transfer Equation; 5.4.6 Constitutive Equations; 5.5 Linear Adiabatic Oscillations: The LAWE; 5.5.1 Justification of the Adiabatic Approximation; 5.5.2 The LAWE; 5.5.3 Boundary Conditions; 5.6 Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions of the LAWE; 5.6.1 Examples; 5.6.1.1 The Homologous Case; 5.6.1.2 The Polytropic Case; 5.6.1.3 An Actual RR Lyrae Model; 5.7 Non-Adiabatic Theory: Conditions for Stability; 5.8 The Linear Non-Adiabatic Wave Equation; 5.9 Driving Mechanisms; 5.9.1 The ε Mechanism; 5.9.2 The κ and γ Mechanisms

5.9.3 The ""Opacity Bump"" Mechanism

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 31, 2015).

ISBN:

9783527655205

3527655204

9783527655182

3527655182

9783527655212

3527655212

OCLC:

899211454