Stars and Stellar Processes Guidry Mike University of Tennessee KnoxvillePevná vazba
Stars and Stellar Processes Guidry Mike University of Tennessee KnoxvillePevná vazba This textbook offers a modern approach to the physics of stars, assuming only undergraduate-level preparation in…
Specifikacia Stars and Stellar Processes Guidry Mike University of Tennessee KnoxvillePevná vazba
Stars and Stellar Processes Guidry Mike University of Tennessee KnoxvillePevná vazba
This textbook offers a modern approach to the physics of stars, assuming only undergraduate-level preparation in mathematics and physics, and minimal prior knowledge of astronomy. In addition to the standard material, the author also discusses more contemporary topics that students will find engaging, such as neutrino oscillations and the MSW resonance, supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, advanced nucleosynthesis, neutron stars, black holes, cosmology, and gravitational waves. It starts with a concise review of introductory concepts in astronomy, before covering the nuclear processes and energy transport in stellar interiors, and stellar evolution from star formation to the common stellar endpoints as white dwarfs and neutron stars.
With hundreds of worked examples, explanatory boxes, and problems with solved problems, this textbook provides a solid foundation for learning either in a