Overview
- A world-renowned astrophysicist provides a comprehensive account of the current status of theoretical stellar physics.
- At the same time the author takes equal care in highlighting the many still unsolved problems in this field of research.
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library (AAL)
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About this book
"Stellar Evolution and Stability" is the second volume and can be read, as can the first volume, as a largely independent work. It traces in great detail the evolution of the protostar towards the main sequence and beyond this to the last stage of stellar evolution, with the corresponding vast range from white dwarfs to the mighty supernovae explosions and blackhole formation. The book concludes with special chapters on the dynamical, thermal and pulsing stability of stars.
Reviews
From the reviews of the first edition:
"The author includes detailed discussions of the final stages of stellar evolution [. . .] He also offers in-depth results from Soviet and Russian research. Bisnovatyi-Kogan's discussion of astrophysicists' inability to produce supernova models that account for basic observations nicely summarizes the state of the art. The book's tables present many detailed results that can help validate current research models for situations in which the basic input physics - such as radiative opacities and nuclear energy generation - has not changed very much [. . .] I heartily recommend the book for researchers in the field." (Robert Deupree, PHYSICS TODAY, Feb. 2003)
"There is a lot of useful material gathered into one volume, and it should certainly be available for reference on all library shelves." (Leon Mestel, The Observatory, Vol. 122 (1169), 2002)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Stellar Physics
Book Subtitle: Stellar Evolution and Stability
Authors: G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan
Series Title: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-22639-1
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2002
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-22639-1Published: 29 June 2013
Series ISSN: 0941-7834
Series E-ISSN: 2196-9698
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 383
Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations
Additional Information: Original Russian edition published by Nauka, Moscow, 1989
Topics: Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Particle and Nuclear Physics