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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780072203321

Autore

Tassoul Jean Louis

Titolo

Stellar rotation / / Jean-Louis Tassoul [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000

ISBN

1-107-11958-8

0-511-00963-1

1-280-42126-6

9786610421268

0-511-17254-0

0-511-15136-5

0-511-30206-1

0-511-54604-1

0-511-04969-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 256 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge astrophysics ; ; 36

Disciplina

523.8

Soggetti

Stars - Rotation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; 1 Observational basis; 2 Rotating fluids; 3 Rotating stars; 4 Meridional circulation; 5 Solar rotation; 6 The early-type stars; 7 The late-type stars; 8 Tidal interaction; Epilogue; Subject index; Author index

Sommario/riassunto

Like the Earth and planets, stars rotate. Understanding how stars rotate is central to modelling their structure, formation and evolution, and how they interact with their environment and companion stars. This authoritative volume, first published in 2000, provides a lucid introduction to stellar rotation and the definitive reference to the subject. It combines theory and observation in a comprehensive survey of how the rotation of stars affects the structure and evolution of the Sun, single stars and close binaries. This book will be of primary interest to graduate students and researchers studying solar and stellar rotation and close binary systems. It will also appeal to those with a more general interest in solar and stellar physics, star formation, binary



stars and the hydrodynamics of rotating fluids - including geophysicists, planetary scientists and plasma physicists.