Life and Death of the Stars / / by Ganesan Srinivasan |
Autore | Srinivasan Ganesan |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XVII, 225 p. 113 illus.) |
Disciplina | 523.88 |
Collana | Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics |
Soggetto topico |
Astrophysics
Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics and Astroparticles Astronomy, Observations and Techniques |
ISBN | 3-642-45384-8 |
Classificazione |
520
US 4000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I: A Historical Perspective -- What Are the Stars? -- Stars in Their Youth -- White Dwarf Stars -- The Principles of Statistical Mechanics -- Fermi–Dirac Distribution -- Quantum Stars -- The Chandrasekhar Limit -- The Absurd Behaviour of Stars: Not All Stars Will Have Energy to Cool -- Guest Stars -- Supernovae, Neutron Stars and Black Holes -- A Profile of Chandra -- Part II: The Life History of Stars—A Modern Perspective -- To Burn or Not To Burn -- What Does the Future Hold for the Sun? -- Life History of Intermediate Mass Stars -- Diamonds in the Sky -- Exploding Stars. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300388203321 |
Srinivasan Ganesan | ||
Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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What are the Stars? / / by Ganesan Srinivasan |
Autore | Srinivasan Ganesan |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XLV, 177 p. 105 illus.) |
Disciplina | 523.8 |
Collana | Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics |
Soggetto topico |
Astrophysics
Astronomy Astrophysics and Astroparticles Astronomy, Observations and Techniques |
ISBN | 3-642-45302-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The Present Revolution in Astronomy: An Overview -- What Are the Stars? -- Stars as Globes of Gas -- Eddington’s Theory of the Stars -- Why Are the Stars as They Are? -- Energy Generation in the Stars -- Sounds of the Sun -- The Smoking Gun is Finally Found. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300387903321 |
Srinivasan Ganesan | ||
Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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