Symbiotic Stars Probing Stellar Evolution
Author : Romano L. M. Corradi
Publisher :
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 36,49 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Science
ISBN :
Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars
Author : Harm J. Habing
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 16,54 MB
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 1475738765
Book Description
The underlying astrophysical mechanisms of the objects known as asymptotic giant branch stars - the structures that occur during the dramatic period prior to a star's death - is the main theme of this text. Over the past three decades, asymptotic giant branch stars have become a topic of their own, and the contributions to this volume all focus on these entities themselves, rather than their connections to other fields of astronomy. Among the many topics covered are new methods of high- quality infrared observation and the more detailed and realistic simulations made possible by increasingly fast computers. This collection should be useful to graduate students who work in the field, teachers who want to address the subject in their courses, and to astronomers from various backgrounds who are interested in the astrophysics of AGB stars.
The Importance of Binaries in the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Nebulae
Author : Henri M. J. Boffin
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 47,25 MB
Release : 2019-09-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 3030250598
Book Description
It is now clear that a binary evolutionary pathway is responsible for a significant fraction of all planetary nebulae, with some authors even going so far as to claim that binarity may be a near requirement for the formation of an observable nebula. This has led to the requirement that textbooks most likely need to be rewritten. Building upon the review of Jones and Boffin in Nature Astronomy (2017), this Springer Brief takes a first step in this direction. It offers the first expanded presentation of all the theoretical and observational support for the importance of binarity in the formation of planetary nebulae, initially focusing on common envelope evolution but also covering wider binaries. This book emphasises the wider impact of the field, highlighting the critical role binary central stars of planetary nebulae have in understanding a plethora of astrophysical phenomena, including type Ia supernovae, chemically peculiar stars and circumbinary exoplanets.
Handbook of X-ray and Gamma-ray Astrophysics
Author : Cosimo Bambi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 5912 pages
File Size : 34,73 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN : 9811969604
Book Description
Stars with the B[e] Phenomenon
Author : Michaela Kraus
Publisher :
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 41,80 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Science
ISBN :
Book Description
The Impact of Binary Stars on Stellar Evolution
Author : Giacomo Beccari
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 17,45 MB
Release : 2019-04-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 1108428584
Book Description
An advanced review of how binary stars affect stellar evolution, presenting results from state-of-the art models and recent observations.
Zdenek Kopal's Binary Star Legacy
Author : Horst Drechsel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 38,79 MB
Release : 2005-08-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1402038755
Book Description
These proceedings celebrate the achievements of the great astronomer Zdenek Kopal, and reflect the state of the art of the dynamically evolving field of binary research, which owes so much to Kopal’s pioneering work.
The Art of Modeling Stars in the 21st Century (IAU S252)
Author : International Astronomical Union. Symposium
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 40,94 MB
Release : 2008-12-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521889834
Book Description
Stellar models are the very basic building blocks with which we build up our knowledge of the Universe. New numerical experiments are heralding a new level of sophistication in our ability to model, and understand, how stars work. This volume provides an overview and the most recent advances in modeling of stellar structure and evolution. Modeling of stars relies on our understanding of the detailed physical processes happening in stars, and the most recent observations of stars made by modern large telescopes and current high technologies. IAU Symposium 252 presents the most recent developments in five key areas, including: improvements of the physical ingredients of stellar models; the evolution of low and intermediate mass stars; the evolution of massive stars; close binary evolution; and stellar physics in the era of very large telescopes. This overview of stellar research is at a level suitable for research astronomers and graduate students.
Stellar Astrophysics with the World's Largest Telescopes
Author : Joanna Mikolajewska
Publisher : American Institute of Physics
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 25,29 MB
Release : 2005-03-29
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Book Description
The book reviews the most timely and interesting problems of stellar astrophysics, particularly those suitable for studies with the world's largest telescopes, and it can serve as an introduction to such studies. In particular it gives a comprehensive presentation of state-of-the-art research in stellar and planetary system formation, extra-solar planets, final stages of single and binary stellar evolution, and stellar populations in the Local Group of Galaxies, including observational techniques and technologies applicable to those important fields. The book also presents the most important unresolved problems of stellar astrophysics, intended to help identify directions for future research.
Ecology of Blue Straggler Stars
Author : Henri M. J. Boffin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 43,28 MB
Release : 2014-12-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 3662444348
Book Description
The existence of blue straggler stars, which appear younger, hotter, and more massive than their siblings, is at odds with a simple picture of stellar evolution. Such stars should have exhausted their nuclear fuel and evolved long ago to become cooling white dwarfs. They are found to exist in globular clusters, open clusters, dwarf spheroidal galaxies of the Local Group, OB associations and as field stars. This book summarises the many advances in observational and theoretical work dedicated to blue straggler stars. Carefully edited extended contributions by well-known experts in the field cover all the relevant aspects of blue straggler stars research: Observations of blue straggler stars in their various environments; Binary stars and formation channels; Dynamics of globular clusters; Interpretation of observational data and comparison with models. The book also offers an introductory chapter on stellar evolution written by the editors of the book.
