C. Aerts, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, D. W. Kurtz

Asteroseismology (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

The recent research domain of asteroseismology studies the internal structure of stars, which is not directly observable, through the interpretation of the frequency spectra of stellar oscillations. The basic principles of asteroseismology are very similar to those developed by earth seismologists. Stellar interiors can be probed from oscillations because different oscillation modes penetrate to different depths inside the star. Asteroseismology is the only available method to derive the internal structure of the stars with high precision.

This book - the first on asteroseismology - offers a practical guide for graduate students and scientists working in stellar astrophysics. It provides a general introduction to asteroseismology and comprehensive coverage of all its aspects: fundamental theory, observations and observational techniques, methodology of data analysis and seismic interpretations of various classes of multi-periodic pulsating stars.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
• Seitenzahl: 866
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781402058035
• Artikelnr.: 37355956

Autorenporträt

Conny Aerts is full professor at the University of Leuven, Belgium, as well as professor by special appointment on the Chair Asteroseismology, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard is full professor of helio- and asteroseismology at Aarhus University, Denmark. Don Kurtz is full professor at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. Their collective expertise encompasses all aspects of asteroseismology. All three authors are experienced lecturers and participate in numerous scientific committees. Their research teams enjoy international recognition and are heavily involved in various ground-based and satellite projects on asteroseismology.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.- 1 Introducing asteroseismology.- 2 Stellar oscillations across the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram.- 3 Theory of stellar oscillations.- 4 Observational techniques.- 5 Frequency analysis.- 6 Modeidentification.- 7 Applications of asteroseismology.- 8 Thefuture.- Bibliography.- A Summary of the different classes of stellar pulsators.- B Properties of Legendre functions and spherical harmonics.- C Mathematical preliminaries.- D Adiabatic oscillations in an isothermal atmosphere.- E Asymptotic theory of stellar oscillations.- Subject index.- Object index.- Acronym definition index.