Overview
- Offers general information on all types of emission line stars for students and researchers who are interested in the active state of stars
- Emission line stars are closely related to variable stars and together yield the observational basis for an understanding of the evolutionary processes of stars in their active phases
- Emission line stars are intrinsically attractive due to their amazing variety and variability. They are sometimes even mysterious
Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 342)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Stellar Atmospheres and Formation of Emission Lines
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Front Matter
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Emission-Line Stars
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Many types of stars show conspicuous emission lines in their optical spectra. These stars are broadly referred to as emission line stars. Emission line stars are attractive to many people because of their spectacular phenomena and their amazing varieties and variability. This book offers general information on emission line stars, starting from a brief introduction to stellar astrophysics, and then moving to a broad overview of emission line stars including early and late type stars as well as pre-main sequence stars. Detailed references and index are prepared for further reading.
Tomokazu Kogure's email address: tkogure@pa2.so-net.ne.jp
Reviews
From the reviews:
"The authors set out to give particular attention to those stars that display strong emission lines in the optical region … . Throughout we get interesting case histories and copious references from the literature. … will be of value to the research community as well as to students. … this should prove to be a useful volume where stellar astrophysics is taught or practised." (David Stickland, The Observatory, Vol. 128 (1203), 2008)
“This text presents a predominantly theoretical look at emission-line stars, stars with strong emission lines in their optical spectra. Whilst presented at an accessible level suitable for advanced undergraduates and above, it lacks nothing in terms of detail and mathematical treatment. … this book provides a solid overview for those in the field.” (Contemporary Physics, Vol. 51 (6), 2010)
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Astrophysics of Emission-Line Stars
Authors: Tomokazu Kogure, Kam-Ching Leung
Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68995-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-34500-0Published: 06 July 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2236-6Published: 19 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-68995-1Published: 05 May 2010
Series ISSN: 0067-0057
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 537
Number of Illustrations: 228 b/w illustrations
Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques