Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics: Volume 2

by Erika Böhm-Vitense

Overview

Volume 2 contains the basic physical ideas and laws used in the study of the outer layers of a star including stellar magnitudes, spectra and temperatures, radiative transfer in a stellar atmosphere, line formation, the spectrum of hydrogen, spectral analysis, and available structural components.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521348706
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	10/26/1989
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.85(w) x 9.69(h) x 0.51(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Stellar magnitudes and stellar colors; 2. Stellar spectra; 3. Temperature estimates for stars; 4. Basics about radiative transfer; 5. Radiative transfer in stellar atmosphere; 6. The depth dependence of the source function; 7. The continuous absorption coefficient; 8. The influence of the non-greyness of the absorption coefficient; 9. The pressure stratification; 10. Theory of line formation; 11. The hydrogen lines; 12. Spectrum analysis; 13. Basics about non-local thermodynamics equilibrium; 14. The hydrogen convection zone; 15. Stellar chromospheres, transition layers, and coronae; 16. Stellar winds; Problems; References; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"...an excellent introduction to analytical methods and comparison with observations." Virginia Trimble, Comments on Astrophysics

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