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- Gives an overview of atomic diffusion, a fundamental physical process, as applied to all types of stars
- Discusses the interaction of diffusion with turbulence, mass loss and magnetic fields throughout stellar evolution, in both interiors and atmospheres
- Provides a unique description of the role of radiative accelerations throughout stellar evolution
Part of the book series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library (AAL)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Physics of Transport Processes
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Front Matter
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Abundance Anomalies in Stellar Evolution
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Département de physique, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Georges Michaud, Jacques Richer
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Laboratoire Univers et Théorie, CNRS-Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France
Georges Alecian
About the authors
Prof. Georges Michaud has been a Professeur Émérite at the Université de Montréal since 2005. He has worked in their physics department as a professor since 1969, after obtaining his PhD in astronomy from the California Institute of Technology. He is the recipient of the 2006 C.S. Beals Award from the Canadian Astronomical Society and has been a member of the Royal Society of Canada since 1992. He was awarded the Steacie Prize of the NRC of Canada in 1980 and the Médaille Janssen of the Académie des sciences de Paris in 1982.
Dr. Georges Alecian is a CNRS Research Director Emeritus at CNRS-Observatoire de Paris (LUTH). His main fields of research are stellar physics, theory and modeling of transport processes of elements and atomic diffusion. He was director of Laboratory/Department (LAEC/DAEC, CNRS-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris-Diderot) from 1996 to 2001, and he has been member of the CoRoT space mission scientific council since 1998. Since 2012, he is foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA).
Dr. Jacques Richer obtained his PhD in astrophysics from the Université de Montréal in 1993, and has been a research assistant in the physics department’s astronomy group since then. He has also been a scientific computing analyst and consultant with various Québec academic organizations (CERCA, RQCHP, and finally, Calcul Québec) from 1997 to 2015.
His main research activities include numerical simulation of element diffusion inside evolving stars, with emphasis on the role of radiative forces, turbulence mixing and stellar winds.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Atomic Diffusion in Stars
Authors: Georges Michaud, Georges Alecian, Jacques Richer
Series Title: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19854-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-19853-8Published: 05 November 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36375-2Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-19854-5Published: 27 October 2015
Series ISSN: 0941-7834
Series E-ISSN: 2196-9698
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 327
Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Particle and Nuclear Physics, Cosmology