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Theoretical Astrophysics: Volume 2, Stars and Stellar Systems T. Padmanabhan (Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India)

Theoretical Astrophysics: Volume 2, Stars and Stellar Systems By T. Padmanabhan (Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India)

Theoretical Astrophysics: Volume 2, Stars and Stellar Systems by T. Padmanabhan (Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India)


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This second volume of a comprehensive three-volume course on theoretical astrophysics deals with stellar physics. Covering the key physical processes governing stars and stellar systems, it also offers an in-depth understanding of advanced topics. This volume can be used alone or in conjunction with Volumes I and III.

Theoretical Astrophysics: Volume 2, Stars and Stellar Systems Summary

Theoretical Astrophysics: Volume 2, Stars and Stellar Systems by T. Padmanabhan (Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India)

This authoritative textbook - the second volume of a comprehensive three-volume course on theoretical astrophysics - deals with stellar physics. Designed to help graduate students and researchers develop an understanding of the key physical processes governing stars and stellar systems, it teaches the fundamentals, and then builds on them to give the reader an in-depth understanding of advanced topics. The book's modular design allows the chapters to be approached individually, yet seamless transitions create a coherent and connected whole. It can be used alone or in conjunction with Volume I, which covers a wide range of astrophysical processes, and the forthcoming Volume III, on galaxies and cosmology. After reviewing the key observational results and nomenclature used in stellar astronomy, the book develops a solid understanding of central concepts including stellar structure and evolution, the physics of stellar remnants, pulsars, binary stars, the sun and planetary systems, interstellar medium and globular clusters. Throughout, the reader's comprehension is developed and tested with more than seventy-five exercises. This indispensable volume provides graduate students with a self-contained introduction to stellar physics, and will allow them to master the material sufficiently to read and engage in research with heightened understanding.

Theoretical Astrophysics: Volume 2, Stars and Stellar Systems Reviews

' written with exceptional clarity the hallmark of Padmanabhan's work The mathematical derivations are elegant often starting from action principles, and readers may be enlightened by some which differ from standard approaches it is a magnificent achievement and a superb book.' Alan Heavens, The Observatory
' the book develops a solid understanding of central concepts including stellar structure and evolution, the physics of stellar remnants such as while dwarfs and black holes, pulsars, binary stars, the sun and planetary systems, interstellar medium and globular clusters This indispensable volume provides graduate students with a self-contained introduction to stellar physics, and will allow them to master the material sufficiently to read and engage in research with heightened understanding.' Europe & Astronomy
'The book should not be missing in any astrophysical library.' Claudia-Veronika Meister, Zbl. MATH

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Overview: stars and stellar systems; 2. Stellar structure; 3. Stellar evolution; 4. Supernova (Type II); 5. White dwarfs, neutron stars and blackholes; 6. Pulsars; 7. Binary stars and accretion; 8. Sun and the solar system; 9. Interstellar medium; 10. Globular clusters; References; Index.

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NPB9780521562416
9780521562416
0521562414
Theoretical Astrophysics: Volume 2, Stars and Stellar Systems by T. Padmanabhan (Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India)
New
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
2001-04-30
594
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