Asteroseismology : XXII Canary Island Winter School of Astrophysics / edited by Pere L. Pallé, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife, Cesar Esteban, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Pallé, Pere L., editor.

Esteban, César, editor.

Conference Name:

Canary Islands Winter School on Astrophysics (22nd : 2010 : La Laguna, Canary Islands)

Canary Islands Winter School on Astrophysics.

Series:

Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics (Series)

Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astroseismology--Congresses.

Astroseismology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 226 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Our understanding of stars has grown significantly due to recent advances in asteroseismology, the stellar analog of helioseismology, the study of the Sun's acoustic wave oscillations. Using ground-based and satellite observatories to measure the frequency spectra of starlight, researchers are able to probe beneath a star's surface and map its interior structure. This volume provides a wide-ranging and up-to-date overview of the theoretical, experimental and analytical tools for carrying out front-line research in stellar physics using asteroseismological observations, tools and inferences. Chapters from seven eminent scientists in residence at the twenty-second Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics examine the interior of our Sun relative to data collected from distant stars, how to measure the fundamental parameters of single field stars, diffusion processes, and the effects of rotation on stellar structures. The volume also provides detailed treatments of modeling and computing programs, providing astronomers and graduate students a practical, methods-based guide.

Contents:

Sounding the solar cycle with helioseismology / William J. Chaplin

Learning physics from the stars / Steven D. Kawaler

Solar-like oscillations : an observational perspective / Timothy R. Bedding

Studying stars through frequency inversions / Sarbani Basu

A crash course on data analysis in asteroseismology / Thierry Appourchaux

An observer's views and tools / Donald W. Kurtz

Asteroseismology of red giants / Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

ISBN:

1-139-89222-3

1-107-46123-5

1-107-45920-6

1-107-47310-1

1-107-47209-1

1-107-46499-4

1-107-46848-5

1-139-33369-0