Astrophysics
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Astrophysics

Decoding the Stars

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Astrophysics

Decoding the Stars

About this book

ASTROPHYSICS

This is a balanced textbook presenting the theory and observations of stars and their evolution—a cornerstone of Astrophysics.

Astrophysics: Decoding the Stars is a companion volume to Astrophysics: Decoding the Cosmos from astrophysics teacher and researcher, Professor Judith Irwin. The text presents an accessible, student-friendly guide to the key theories and principles of stars, emphasizing the close connection between observation and theory.

To aid in reader comprehension, the text includes online resources and problems at the end of each chapter. Many highlighted boxes summarize key concepts or point to example stars that can be seen with the naked eye. The text focuses on physical concepts, but it also refers to the results of numerical models using online resources.

Sample topics covered in Astrophysics: Decoding the Stars include:

  • The Sun, gaseous and radiative processes
  • Stellar interiors, energy transport mechanisms, stellar cores and nuclear energy generation, the global energy budget, timescales, and stability
  • Observational constraints, variable stars, and star formation from molecular clouds to the ZAMS
  • Evolutionary tracks on the HR diagram for stars of different masses, and how stars end their lives
  • Stellar remnants — white dwarfs, neutron stars and pulsars, and black holes

Astrophysics: Decoding the Stars is a highly useful textbook resource for second- to fourth-year undergraduate students pursuing an Astrophysics program, along with Physics undergraduates who have opted to take stellar structure and evolution as part of their program. It will also be useful for new graduate students who want a solid grounding in stellar astrophysics.

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Information

Publisher
Wiley
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9781119623557
eBook ISBN
9781119623571
Edition
1
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Astronomy & Astrophysics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1: The Closest Star
  10. Chapter 2: The Gaseous and Radiative Star – The Basics
  11. Chapter 3: The Observed Star – Finding the Essential Parameters
  12. Chapter 4: The Shining Star—Interiors
  13. Chapter 5: The Burning Star—Cores
  14. Chapter 6: The Modelled Star
  15. Chapter 7: The Quasistatic Star — Energies, Timescales and Limits
  16. Chapter 8: The Forming and Ageing Star – Evolution to and from the Main Sequence
  17. Chapter 9: The Variable Star – Pulsation
  18. Chapter 10: The Dying Star and Its Remnant
  19. Chapter 11: A Stellar Invitational
  20. Appendix A Physical and Astronomical Data
  21. Appendix B The Solar Atmosphere
  22. Appendix C The Standard Solar Model
  23. Appendix D Taylor Expansions for the Center of a Star
  24. Appendix E Chandrasekhar's Argument for a Declining Pressure Distribution in a Star
  25. Appendix F Stellar Data
  26. Bibliography
  27. Index
  28. End User License Agreement