Unsolved Problems in Stellar Evolution
Unsolved Problems in Stellar Evolution
This timely volume reviews recent progress in our understanding of all aspects of stellar structure and evolution, with special emphasis on currently unsolved problems. It covers every stage in the life of a star, from birth to death, as well as the fundamental processes which affect stellar evolution. Each article is written by a leading world expert, based on presentations at an international conference held at the Space Telescope Science Institute. A complete understanding of stellar evolution is important in its own right, and also as a central piece in understanding how galaxies form and evolve. This volume presents the most comprehensive and up-to-date survey available of our current understanding of stellar structure and evolution. It provides an essential reference for researchers interested in stellar evolution and galaxy formation and evolution, and a valuable resource for graduate students seeking a state-of-the-art review of unsolved problems in this exciting area of research.
- The most comprehensive and up-to-date survey available of our current understanding of stellar structure and evolution, with a unique emphasis on currently unsolved problems
- Articles written by leading experts from around the world
- Essential reading for all those studying how galaxies form and evolve, as well as those interested in stellar structure and evolution
Reviews & endorsements
'Take the book and read.' Irish Astronomical Journal
'… an essential reference for researchers interested in stellar evolution and galaxy formation and evolution, and a valuable resource for graduate students seeking a state-of-the-art review of unsolved problems in this exciting area of research.' Europe & Astronomy
'Its a set of well-written and accessible reviews assembled by the Baltimore-based Space Telescope Science Institute.' New Scientist
Product details
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318 pages
257 × 181 × 25 mm
0.805kg
135 b/w illus. 7 tables
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Pre-main-sequence evolution
- 3. Low-mass young stellar objects
- 4. Massive star formation: the role of bipolar outflows
- 5. Observation and theory of the initial stellar mass function
- 6. Brown dwarfs: from mythical to ubiquitous
- 7. Applications of accurate masses, Radii and Luminosities
- 8. Science results for stellar structure and evolution from Hipparcos
- 9. Solar neutrinos
- 10. Asteroseismology
- 11. Input physics and parameters: accretion and losses of mass and angular momentum
- 12. Why stars evolve to giant Radii
- 13. Abundance anomalies in stars: a 30-minute tour of the HR diagram
- 14. Winds and mass-loss of hot stars
- 15. Mass loss from cool stars
- 16. Selected problems in binary stellar-evolution theory
- 17. White dwarf stars
- 18. The pistol star and massive stars in the galactic center
- 19. FG Sge - an update
- 20. The Nebula around the carbon star IRC+10216
- Concluding remarks.
