Introduction to Astrophysics: The Stars - Brossura

Dufay, Jean

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486607712 ISBN 13: 9780486607719

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2012

Riassunto

A bridge between introductory and advanced technical treatments, this readable and authoritative translation from the French provides an excellent guide to observational astrophysics. Physics students and professionals will appreciate the text's mid-level approach, in which methods of research and observation receive as much attention as results.
Confining his discussion to normal stars, the author examines current methods of stellar photometry and spectroscopy and the main results of research involving star classification and properties. Additional topics include construction of Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams, Yerkes two-dimensional classification, masses and densities of stars, general theories about the constitution of stellar atmospheres and the evolution of stars, and much more. Indispensable for specialists, this volume is also a fine resource for hobbyists and others with some grounding in astronomy wishing to further explore the intricacies of astrophysics.

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L'autore:

French astronomer Jean Dufay (1896–1967) computed the altitude of the earth's ozone layer and was named Honorary Director of the Lyon and Haute-Provence observatories.

Translator Owen Gingerich is a former Research Professor of Astronomy and the History of Science at Harvard University.

Contenuti:

I. Definitions and Specisal Conditions in Astronomical Photometry II. Stellar Photometry and Colorimetry III. Astronomical Spectrographs IV. Description and Initial Classification of Stellar Spectra V. Spectra and Absolute Magnitudes VI. Continuous Spectra of the Stars, Gradients and Color Temperatures VII. Spectrophometric Classification of Stars VIII. Diameters and Effective Temperatures of the Stars IX. Masses and Densities of the Stars X. Elementary Ideas on the Constitution of Stellar Atmospheres Physical and Astronomical Constants Abbreviations of the Names of Constellations Cited Brief Bibliography Index

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• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0486607712
• ISBN 13: 9780486607719
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 164