Basics of the solar wind / / Nicole Meyer-Vernet [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Meyer-Vernet Nicole |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 463 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 523.580151 |
Collana | Cambridge atmospheric and space science series |
Soggetto topico |
Solar wind
Circumstellar matter Space plasmas |
ISBN |
1-107-15909-1
1-280-75029-4 9786610750290 0-511-26936-6 0-511-26992-7 0-511-26835-1 0-511-32050-7 0-511-53576-7 0-511-26902-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The wind from the sun : introduction -- Tool kit for space plasma physics -- Anatomy of the sun -- The outer solar atmosphere -- How does the solar wind blow? -- Structure and perturbations -- Bodies in the wind : dust, asteroids, planets and comets -- The solar wind in the universe. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457557603321 |
Meyer-Vernet Nicole | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Basics of the solar wind / / Nicole Meyer-Vernet [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Meyer-Vernet Nicole |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 463 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 523.580151 |
Collana | Cambridge atmospheric and space science series |
Soggetto topico |
Solar wind
Circumstellar matter Space plasmas |
ISBN |
1-107-15909-1
1-280-75029-4 9786610750290 0-511-26936-6 0-511-26992-7 0-511-26835-1 0-511-32050-7 0-511-53576-7 0-511-26902-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The wind from the sun : introduction -- Tool kit for space plasma physics -- Anatomy of the sun -- The outer solar atmosphere -- How does the solar wind blow? -- Structure and perturbations -- Bodies in the wind : dust, asteroids, planets and comets -- The solar wind in the universe. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784411703321 |
Meyer-Vernet Nicole | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Physics and chemistry of circumstellar dust shells / / Hans-Peter Gail, Erwin Sedlmayr [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Gail Hans-Peter <1941-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 683 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 523 |
Collana | Cambridge astrophysics |
Soggetto topico | Circumstellar matter |
ISBN |
1-107-42365-1
1-107-43891-8 1-107-41905-0 1-107-42172-1 1-107-41636-1 1-107-41772-4 1-107-42034-2 0-511-98560-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
; Machine generated contents note: ; pt. I Setting the Stage -- ; 1. Introduction -- ; 1.1. General Scenario and Historical Background -- ; 1.2. Diagnostic Insight into Circumstellar Dust Shells -- ; 1.3. Circumstellar Dust in the Laboratory -- ; 1.4. Circumstellar Shell Dynamics and Stellar Winds -- ; 2. Evolutionary Status of Dust-Enshrouded Objects -- ; 2.1. Evolution from the Main Sequence toward the AGB -- ; 2.2. Abundance Changes by First and Second "Dredge-Up" -- ; 2.3. The Thermally Pulsing AGB -- ; 2.4. Abundance Changes on the AGB by the Third Dredge-Up -- ; 2.5. Post-AGB Evolution -- ; 2.6. Elemental Abundances -- ; pt. II Theoretical Description of Circumstellar Dust Shells -- ; 3. Theory of Circumstellar Dust Shells -- ; 3.1. Multicomponent Medium -- ; 3.2. General Conservation Laws and Balance Equations -- ; 3.3. Multicomponent Mass Equations of Change -- ; 3.4. Momentum Equations of Change.
; 3.5. Multicomponent Approaches -- ; 3.6. Stellar Mass Loss and Winds -- ; 4. Energy Equation for Matter -- ; 4.1. Total Energy Density and the Bulk Energy Equation -- ; 4.2. External Energy Sources: Gravity and Radiation -- ; 4.3. Multicomponent Energy Equations -- ; 4.4. Equations of Change for the Inner Energy Reservoirs -- ; 4.5. Elementary Forms of Internal Energy -- ; 4.6. Temperature Equations -- ; 4.7. Completion of the System of Transport Equations of Matter -- ; 5. Radiative Transfer -- ; 5.1. Basic Definitions -- ; 5.2. Angular Moments of the Radiation Field -- ; 5.3. Equation of Radiative Transfer -- ; 5.4. Transport Coefficients -- ; 5.5. Stationary Radiative Transfer Equation -- ; 5.6. Stationary Moment Equations of Radiative Transfer -- ; 5.7. Radiation Force Density and Radiative Net Energy Transfer Rate -- ; 5.8. Symmetric Situations -- ; 6. Interaction between Gas and Dust Particles -- ; 6.1. Some Basic Considerations -- ; 6.2. Collision Rate between Gas and Dust. ; 6.3. Momentum Transfer between Gas and Dust -- ; 6.4. Specular Reflection -- ; 6.5. Particle Sticking -- ; 6.6. Thermal Accommodation -- ; 6.7. Diffuse Reflection -- ; 6.8. Particle Drift -- ; 6.9. Drag Force -- ; 7. Extinction by Dust Grains -- ; 7.1. Optical Constants -- ; 7.2. Models for the Dielectric Function -- ; 7.3. Absorption and Scattering by Grains -- ; 7.4. Optical Constants of Abundant Dust Materials -- ; 7.5. Absorption by Dust -- ; 7.6. Radiation Pressure on Dust Grains -- ; 8. Approaches to the Temperature Equations -- ; 8.1. Radiative Equilibrium -- ; 8.2. Local Thermal Equilibrium -- ; 8.3. Radiative Equilibrium Temperature with Local Thermal Equilibrium -- ; 8.4. Non-Local Thermal Equilibrium Aspects -- ; 9. Chemistry in Thermodynamic Equilibrium -- ; 9.1. The Basic Thermodynamic Relations -- ; 9.2. Equilibrium Conditions for Gases and Solids -- ; 9.3. Constraints Set by Element Abundances -- ; 9.4. Some Results of Statistical Mechanics. ; 9.5. Thermodynamic Data -- ; 10. Gas-Phase Chemical Composition -- ; 10.1. Qualitative Considerations on Molecule Formation -- ; 10.2. Restrictions from Element Abundances and Bond Energies -- ; 10.3. Calculation of Chemical Equilibrium Compositions -- ; 10.4. Results for Cosmic Element Mixtures -- ; 10.5. Nonequilibrium Chemistry -- ; 11. Gas-Solid Chemical Equilibria -- ; 11.1. Equilibria in Gas-Solid Mixtures -- ; 11.2. Condensation Equilibria of Pure Phases I: O-Rich Mixture -- ; 11.3. Condensation Equilibria of Pure Phases II: C-Rich Mixture -- ; 11.4. Solid Solutions -- ; 12. Growth of Dust Grains -- ; 12.1. Theoretical Description of Growth Processes -- ; 12.2. Theoretical Description of Vaporization Processes -- ; 12.3. Calculation of Vapor Composition -- ; 12.4. Equation for Grain Growth -- ; 12.5. Equations for Some Important Dust Materials -- ; 12.6. Solid Solutions -- ; 12.7. Experimental Data for Condensation Coefficients. ; 12.8. Core-Mantle Grains -- ; 12.9. Formation of Crystalline Dust -- ; 13. Formation of Seed Nuclei -- ; 13.1. Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Nucleation -- ; 13.2. Bond Energies of Small Clusters -- ; 13.3. Kinetic Theory of Homogeneous Condensation -- ; 13.4. Cluster Densities in Thermodynamic Equilibrium -- ; 13.5. Nucleation Rate and Cluster Size Spectrum -- ; 13.6. Candidates for the Nucleation Process -- ; 13.7. Classical Nucleation Theory -- ; 14. Moment Equations -- ; 14.1. Growth of an Ensemble of Dust Grains in Stellar Outflows -- ; 14.2. Moments of the Distribution Function -- ; 14.3. Consumption of Condensible Material -- ; 14.4. Types of Size Distributions -- ; 14.5. Particle Drift -- ; pt. III Applications -- ; 15. Modeling of Circumstellar Dust Shells -- ; 15.1. Basic Ingredients for Reliable Shell Modeling -- ; 15.2. Spherical Stationary Stellar Dust Winds -- ; 15.3. Shell Chemistry and Transport Coefficients -- ; 15.4. Stationary Dust-Driven Winds. ; 15.5. Models of Stationary Dust-Driven Winds -- ; 15.6. Two-Fluid Wind Models -- ; 15.7. Parameter Limitations for Stationary Dust-Driven Winds -- ; 15.8. General Properties of Stationary Dust-Driven Mass Loss -- ; 15.9. Reliability of Purely Dust-Driven Wind Models -- ; 16. Miras and Long-Period Variables -- ; 16.1. Basic Model Ingredients -- ; 16.2. Steps toward a Reliable Modeling -- ; 16.3. Consistent Modeling of Pulsational Circumstellar Dust Shells -- ; 16.4. Modeling Procedure -- ; 16.5. Consistent Models of Pulsating C-Star Shells -- ; 16.6. Space-Time Evolution of the Isothermal Reference Model -- ; 16.7. Multiperiodicity -- ; 16.8. Radiative Transfer and Spectral Appearance -- ; 16.9. Main Results of Carbon-Rich Shells -- ; 16.10. Oxygen-Rich Miras and LPVs -- ; 17. Mass-Loss Formulas -- ; 17.1. Formulas Based on Empirical Correlations -- ; 17.2. Synthetic Relations Based on Consistent Models -- ; 17.3. Effects of the Model Parameters -- ; 17.4. Superwind. ; 18. R Coronae Borealis Stars -- ; 18.1. Light Curves of R CrB Stars -- ; 18.2. Stellar Pulsations -- ; 18.3. Attempts at Modeling -- ; pt. IV Appendices -- ; Appendix 1 Solution of the Radiative-Transfer Problem for Spherical Symmetry -- ; A1.1. Method of Mihalas and Hummer -- ; A1.2. Lucy Approximation -- ; A1.3. Unno-Kondo Approach -- ; Appendix 2 Numerics of Time-Dependent Problems -- ; A2.1. Full Discretization and Courant-Friedrichs-Lewy Condition -- ; A2.2. Semidiscretization -- ; A2.3. Basic Characterization of Available Codes -- ; A2.4. Rezoning Scheme -- ; Appendix 3 Non-LTE Effects and Molecular Cooling Functions -- ; A3.1. Radiative Energy Exchange -- ; Appendix 4 Thermochemical Data for Some Solids -- ; A4.1. Vapor Pressure of Ice -- ; Appendix 5 Symbols for Mineral Names. |
Altri titoli varianti | Physics & Chemistry of Circumstellar Dust Shells |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463851303321 |
Gail Hans-Peter <1941-> | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Physics and chemistry of circumstellar dust shells / / Hans-Peter Gail, Erwin Sedlmayr [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Gail Hans-Peter <1941-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 683 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 523 |
Collana | Cambridge astrophysics |
Soggetto topico | Circumstellar matter |
ISBN |
1-107-42365-1
1-107-43891-8 1-107-41905-0 1-107-42172-1 1-107-41636-1 1-107-41772-4 1-107-42034-2 0-511-98560-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
; Machine generated contents note: ; pt. I Setting the Stage -- ; 1. Introduction -- ; 1.1. General Scenario and Historical Background -- ; 1.2. Diagnostic Insight into Circumstellar Dust Shells -- ; 1.3. Circumstellar Dust in the Laboratory -- ; 1.4. Circumstellar Shell Dynamics and Stellar Winds -- ; 2. Evolutionary Status of Dust-Enshrouded Objects -- ; 2.1. Evolution from the Main Sequence toward the AGB -- ; 2.2. Abundance Changes by First and Second "Dredge-Up" -- ; 2.3. The Thermally Pulsing AGB -- ; 2.4. Abundance Changes on the AGB by the Third Dredge-Up -- ; 2.5. Post-AGB Evolution -- ; 2.6. Elemental Abundances -- ; pt. II Theoretical Description of Circumstellar Dust Shells -- ; 3. Theory of Circumstellar Dust Shells -- ; 3.1. Multicomponent Medium -- ; 3.2. General Conservation Laws and Balance Equations -- ; 3.3. Multicomponent Mass Equations of Change -- ; 3.4. Momentum Equations of Change.
; 3.5. Multicomponent Approaches -- ; 3.6. Stellar Mass Loss and Winds -- ; 4. Energy Equation for Matter -- ; 4.1. Total Energy Density and the Bulk Energy Equation -- ; 4.2. External Energy Sources: Gravity and Radiation -- ; 4.3. Multicomponent Energy Equations -- ; 4.4. Equations of Change for the Inner Energy Reservoirs -- ; 4.5. Elementary Forms of Internal Energy -- ; 4.6. Temperature Equations -- ; 4.7. Completion of the System of Transport Equations of Matter -- ; 5. Radiative Transfer -- ; 5.1. Basic Definitions -- ; 5.2. Angular Moments of the Radiation Field -- ; 5.3. Equation of Radiative Transfer -- ; 5.4. Transport Coefficients -- ; 5.5. Stationary Radiative Transfer Equation -- ; 5.6. Stationary Moment Equations of Radiative Transfer -- ; 5.7. Radiation Force Density and Radiative Net Energy Transfer Rate -- ; 5.8. Symmetric Situations -- ; 6. Interaction between Gas and Dust Particles -- ; 6.1. Some Basic Considerations -- ; 6.2. Collision Rate between Gas and Dust. ; 6.3. Momentum Transfer between Gas and Dust -- ; 6.4. Specular Reflection -- ; 6.5. Particle Sticking -- ; 6.6. Thermal Accommodation -- ; 6.7. Diffuse Reflection -- ; 6.8. Particle Drift -- ; 6.9. Drag Force -- ; 7. Extinction by Dust Grains -- ; 7.1. Optical Constants -- ; 7.2. Models for the Dielectric Function -- ; 7.3. Absorption and Scattering by Grains -- ; 7.4. Optical Constants of Abundant Dust Materials -- ; 7.5. Absorption by Dust -- ; 7.6. Radiation Pressure on Dust Grains -- ; 8. Approaches to the Temperature Equations -- ; 8.1. Radiative Equilibrium -- ; 8.2. Local Thermal Equilibrium -- ; 8.3. Radiative Equilibrium Temperature with Local Thermal Equilibrium -- ; 8.4. Non-Local Thermal Equilibrium Aspects -- ; 9. Chemistry in Thermodynamic Equilibrium -- ; 9.1. The Basic Thermodynamic Relations -- ; 9.2. Equilibrium Conditions for Gases and Solids -- ; 9.3. Constraints Set by Element Abundances -- ; 9.4. Some Results of Statistical Mechanics. ; 9.5. Thermodynamic Data -- ; 10. Gas-Phase Chemical Composition -- ; 10.1. Qualitative Considerations on Molecule Formation -- ; 10.2. Restrictions from Element Abundances and Bond Energies -- ; 10.3. Calculation of Chemical Equilibrium Compositions -- ; 10.4. Results for Cosmic Element Mixtures -- ; 10.5. Nonequilibrium Chemistry -- ; 11. Gas-Solid Chemical Equilibria -- ; 11.1. Equilibria in Gas-Solid Mixtures -- ; 11.2. Condensation Equilibria of Pure Phases I: O-Rich Mixture -- ; 11.3. Condensation Equilibria of Pure Phases II: C-Rich Mixture -- ; 11.4. Solid Solutions -- ; 12. Growth of Dust Grains -- ; 12.1. Theoretical Description of Growth Processes -- ; 12.2. Theoretical Description of Vaporization Processes -- ; 12.3. Calculation of Vapor Composition -- ; 12.4. Equation for Grain Growth -- ; 12.5. Equations for Some Important Dust Materials -- ; 12.6. Solid Solutions -- ; 12.7. Experimental Data for Condensation Coefficients. ; 12.8. Core-Mantle Grains -- ; 12.9. Formation of Crystalline Dust -- ; 13. Formation of Seed Nuclei -- ; 13.1. Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Nucleation -- ; 13.2. Bond Energies of Small Clusters -- ; 13.3. Kinetic Theory of Homogeneous Condensation -- ; 13.4. Cluster Densities in Thermodynamic Equilibrium -- ; 13.5. Nucleation Rate and Cluster Size Spectrum -- ; 13.6. Candidates for the Nucleation Process -- ; 13.7. Classical Nucleation Theory -- ; 14. Moment Equations -- ; 14.1. Growth of an Ensemble of Dust Grains in Stellar Outflows -- ; 14.2. Moments of the Distribution Function -- ; 14.3. Consumption of Condensible Material -- ; 14.4. Types of Size Distributions -- ; 14.5. Particle Drift -- ; pt. III Applications -- ; 15. Modeling of Circumstellar Dust Shells -- ; 15.1. Basic Ingredients for Reliable Shell Modeling -- ; 15.2. Spherical Stationary Stellar Dust Winds -- ; 15.3. Shell Chemistry and Transport Coefficients -- ; 15.4. Stationary Dust-Driven Winds. ; 15.5. Models of Stationary Dust-Driven Winds -- ; 15.6. Two-Fluid Wind Models -- ; 15.7. Parameter Limitations for Stationary Dust-Driven Winds -- ; 15.8. General Properties of Stationary Dust-Driven Mass Loss -- ; 15.9. Reliability of Purely Dust-Driven Wind Models -- ; 16. Miras and Long-Period Variables -- ; 16.1. Basic Model Ingredients -- ; 16.2. Steps toward a Reliable Modeling -- ; 16.3. Consistent Modeling of Pulsational Circumstellar Dust Shells -- ; 16.4. Modeling Procedure -- ; 16.5. Consistent Models of Pulsating C-Star Shells -- ; 16.6. Space-Time Evolution of the Isothermal Reference Model -- ; 16.7. Multiperiodicity -- ; 16.8. Radiative Transfer and Spectral Appearance -- ; 16.9. Main Results of Carbon-Rich Shells -- ; 16.10. Oxygen-Rich Miras and LPVs -- ; 17. Mass-Loss Formulas -- ; 17.1. Formulas Based on Empirical Correlations -- ; 17.2. Synthetic Relations Based on Consistent Models -- ; 17.3. Effects of the Model Parameters -- ; 17.4. Superwind. ; 18. R Coronae Borealis Stars -- ; 18.1. Light Curves of R CrB Stars -- ; 18.2. Stellar Pulsations -- ; 18.3. Attempts at Modeling -- ; pt. IV Appendices -- ; Appendix 1 Solution of the Radiative-Transfer Problem for Spherical Symmetry -- ; A1.1. Method of Mihalas and Hummer -- ; A1.2. Lucy Approximation -- ; A1.3. Unno-Kondo Approach -- ; Appendix 2 Numerics of Time-Dependent Problems -- ; A2.1. Full Discretization and Courant-Friedrichs-Lewy Condition -- ; A2.2. Semidiscretization -- ; A2.3. Basic Characterization of Available Codes -- ; A2.4. Rezoning Scheme -- ; Appendix 3 Non-LTE Effects and Molecular Cooling Functions -- ; A3.1. Radiative Energy Exchange -- ; Appendix 4 Thermochemical Data for Some Solids -- ; A4.1. Vapor Pressure of Ice -- ; Appendix 5 Symbols for Mineral Names. |
Altri titoli varianti | Physics & Chemistry of Circumstellar Dust Shells |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787616203321 |
Gail Hans-Peter <1941-> | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Physics and chemistry of circumstellar dust shells / / Hans-Peter Gail, Erwin Sedlmayr [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Gail Hans-Peter <1941-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 683 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 523 |
Collana | Cambridge astrophysics |
Soggetto topico | Circumstellar matter |
ISBN |
1-107-42365-1
1-107-43891-8 1-107-41905-0 1-107-42172-1 1-107-41636-1 1-107-41772-4 1-107-42034-2 0-511-98560-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
; Machine generated contents note: ; pt. I Setting the Stage -- ; 1. Introduction -- ; 1.1. General Scenario and Historical Background -- ; 1.2. Diagnostic Insight into Circumstellar Dust Shells -- ; 1.3. Circumstellar Dust in the Laboratory -- ; 1.4. Circumstellar Shell Dynamics and Stellar Winds -- ; 2. Evolutionary Status of Dust-Enshrouded Objects -- ; 2.1. Evolution from the Main Sequence toward the AGB -- ; 2.2. Abundance Changes by First and Second "Dredge-Up" -- ; 2.3. The Thermally Pulsing AGB -- ; 2.4. Abundance Changes on the AGB by the Third Dredge-Up -- ; 2.5. Post-AGB Evolution -- ; 2.6. Elemental Abundances -- ; pt. II Theoretical Description of Circumstellar Dust Shells -- ; 3. Theory of Circumstellar Dust Shells -- ; 3.1. Multicomponent Medium -- ; 3.2. General Conservation Laws and Balance Equations -- ; 3.3. Multicomponent Mass Equations of Change -- ; 3.4. Momentum Equations of Change.
; 3.5. Multicomponent Approaches -- ; 3.6. Stellar Mass Loss and Winds -- ; 4. Energy Equation for Matter -- ; 4.1. Total Energy Density and the Bulk Energy Equation -- ; 4.2. External Energy Sources: Gravity and Radiation -- ; 4.3. Multicomponent Energy Equations -- ; 4.4. Equations of Change for the Inner Energy Reservoirs -- ; 4.5. Elementary Forms of Internal Energy -- ; 4.6. Temperature Equations -- ; 4.7. Completion of the System of Transport Equations of Matter -- ; 5. Radiative Transfer -- ; 5.1. Basic Definitions -- ; 5.2. Angular Moments of the Radiation Field -- ; 5.3. Equation of Radiative Transfer -- ; 5.4. Transport Coefficients -- ; 5.5. Stationary Radiative Transfer Equation -- ; 5.6. Stationary Moment Equations of Radiative Transfer -- ; 5.7. Radiation Force Density and Radiative Net Energy Transfer Rate -- ; 5.8. Symmetric Situations -- ; 6. Interaction between Gas and Dust Particles -- ; 6.1. Some Basic Considerations -- ; 6.2. Collision Rate between Gas and Dust. ; 6.3. Momentum Transfer between Gas and Dust -- ; 6.4. Specular Reflection -- ; 6.5. Particle Sticking -- ; 6.6. Thermal Accommodation -- ; 6.7. Diffuse Reflection -- ; 6.8. Particle Drift -- ; 6.9. Drag Force -- ; 7. Extinction by Dust Grains -- ; 7.1. Optical Constants -- ; 7.2. Models for the Dielectric Function -- ; 7.3. Absorption and Scattering by Grains -- ; 7.4. Optical Constants of Abundant Dust Materials -- ; 7.5. Absorption by Dust -- ; 7.6. Radiation Pressure on Dust Grains -- ; 8. Approaches to the Temperature Equations -- ; 8.1. Radiative Equilibrium -- ; 8.2. Local Thermal Equilibrium -- ; 8.3. Radiative Equilibrium Temperature with Local Thermal Equilibrium -- ; 8.4. Non-Local Thermal Equilibrium Aspects -- ; 9. Chemistry in Thermodynamic Equilibrium -- ; 9.1. The Basic Thermodynamic Relations -- ; 9.2. Equilibrium Conditions for Gases and Solids -- ; 9.3. Constraints Set by Element Abundances -- ; 9.4. Some Results of Statistical Mechanics. ; 9.5. Thermodynamic Data -- ; 10. Gas-Phase Chemical Composition -- ; 10.1. Qualitative Considerations on Molecule Formation -- ; 10.2. Restrictions from Element Abundances and Bond Energies -- ; 10.3. Calculation of Chemical Equilibrium Compositions -- ; 10.4. Results for Cosmic Element Mixtures -- ; 10.5. Nonequilibrium Chemistry -- ; 11. Gas-Solid Chemical Equilibria -- ; 11.1. Equilibria in Gas-Solid Mixtures -- ; 11.2. Condensation Equilibria of Pure Phases I: O-Rich Mixture -- ; 11.3. Condensation Equilibria of Pure Phases II: C-Rich Mixture -- ; 11.4. Solid Solutions -- ; 12. Growth of Dust Grains -- ; 12.1. Theoretical Description of Growth Processes -- ; 12.2. Theoretical Description of Vaporization Processes -- ; 12.3. Calculation of Vapor Composition -- ; 12.4. Equation for Grain Growth -- ; 12.5. Equations for Some Important Dust Materials -- ; 12.6. Solid Solutions -- ; 12.7. Experimental Data for Condensation Coefficients. ; 12.8. Core-Mantle Grains -- ; 12.9. Formation of Crystalline Dust -- ; 13. Formation of Seed Nuclei -- ; 13.1. Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Nucleation -- ; 13.2. Bond Energies of Small Clusters -- ; 13.3. Kinetic Theory of Homogeneous Condensation -- ; 13.4. Cluster Densities in Thermodynamic Equilibrium -- ; 13.5. Nucleation Rate and Cluster Size Spectrum -- ; 13.6. Candidates for the Nucleation Process -- ; 13.7. Classical Nucleation Theory -- ; 14. Moment Equations -- ; 14.1. Growth of an Ensemble of Dust Grains in Stellar Outflows -- ; 14.2. Moments of the Distribution Function -- ; 14.3. Consumption of Condensible Material -- ; 14.4. Types of Size Distributions -- ; 14.5. Particle Drift -- ; pt. III Applications -- ; 15. Modeling of Circumstellar Dust Shells -- ; 15.1. Basic Ingredients for Reliable Shell Modeling -- ; 15.2. Spherical Stationary Stellar Dust Winds -- ; 15.3. Shell Chemistry and Transport Coefficients -- ; 15.4. Stationary Dust-Driven Winds. ; 15.5. Models of Stationary Dust-Driven Winds -- ; 15.6. Two-Fluid Wind Models -- ; 15.7. Parameter Limitations for Stationary Dust-Driven Winds -- ; 15.8. General Properties of Stationary Dust-Driven Mass Loss -- ; 15.9. Reliability of Purely Dust-Driven Wind Models -- ; 16. Miras and Long-Period Variables -- ; 16.1. Basic Model Ingredients -- ; 16.2. Steps toward a Reliable Modeling -- ; 16.3. Consistent Modeling of Pulsational Circumstellar Dust Shells -- ; 16.4. Modeling Procedure -- ; 16.5. Consistent Models of Pulsating C-Star Shells -- ; 16.6. Space-Time Evolution of the Isothermal Reference Model -- ; 16.7. Multiperiodicity -- ; 16.8. Radiative Transfer and Spectral Appearance -- ; 16.9. Main Results of Carbon-Rich Shells -- ; 16.10. Oxygen-Rich Miras and LPVs -- ; 17. Mass-Loss Formulas -- ; 17.1. Formulas Based on Empirical Correlations -- ; 17.2. Synthetic Relations Based on Consistent Models -- ; 17.3. Effects of the Model Parameters -- ; 17.4. Superwind. ; 18. R Coronae Borealis Stars -- ; 18.1. Light Curves of R CrB Stars -- ; 18.2. Stellar Pulsations -- ; 18.3. Attempts at Modeling -- ; pt. IV Appendices -- ; Appendix 1 Solution of the Radiative-Transfer Problem for Spherical Symmetry -- ; A1.1. Method of Mihalas and Hummer -- ; A1.2. Lucy Approximation -- ; A1.3. Unno-Kondo Approach -- ; Appendix 2 Numerics of Time-Dependent Problems -- ; A2.1. Full Discretization and Courant-Friedrichs-Lewy Condition -- ; A2.2. Semidiscretization -- ; A2.3. Basic Characterization of Available Codes -- ; A2.4. Rezoning Scheme -- ; Appendix 3 Non-LTE Effects and Molecular Cooling Functions -- ; A3.1. Radiative Energy Exchange -- ; Appendix 4 Thermochemical Data for Some Solids -- ; A4.1. Vapor Pressure of Ice -- ; Appendix 5 Symbols for Mineral Names. |
Altri titoli varianti | Physics & Chemistry of Circumstellar Dust Shells |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811165403321 |
Gail Hans-Peter <1941-> | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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White dwarf atmospheres and circumstellar environments / / edited by D.W. Hoard |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Weinheim, Germany : , : Wiley-VCH, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (478 p.) |
Disciplina |
523.8
523.8/874 523.8874 |
Soggetto topico |
White dwarf stars
Circumstellar matter Space environment |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
3-527-63659-5
3-527-63658-7 3-527-63657-9 |
Classificazione | US 4900 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Hot white dwarfs / Edward M. Sion -- Cool white dwarfs / Mukremin Kilic -- Stars with unusual compositions : carbon and oxygen in cool white dwarfs / Patrick Dufour -- Planets orbiting white dwarfs / Roseanne Di Stefano -- White dwarf circumstellar disks : observations / Jay Farhi -- The origin and evolution of white dwarf dust disks / John H. Debes -- Planetary nebulae around white dwarfs : revelations from the infrared / You-Hua Chu. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910138032803321 |
Weinheim, Germany : , : Wiley-VCH, , [2011] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
White dwarf atmospheres and circumstellar environments / / edited by D.W. Hoard |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Weinheim, Germany : , : Wiley-VCH, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (478 p.) |
Disciplina |
523.8
523.8/874 523.8874 |
Soggetto topico |
White dwarf stars
Circumstellar matter Space environment |
ISBN |
3-527-63659-5
3-527-63658-7 3-527-63657-9 |
Classificazione | US 4900 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Hot white dwarfs / Edward M. Sion -- Cool white dwarfs / Mukremin Kilic -- Stars with unusual compositions : carbon and oxygen in cool white dwarfs / Patrick Dufour -- Planets orbiting white dwarfs / Roseanne Di Stefano -- White dwarf circumstellar disks : observations / Jay Farhi -- The origin and evolution of white dwarf dust disks / John H. Debes -- Planetary nebulae around white dwarfs : revelations from the infrared / You-Hua Chu. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830767903321 |
Weinheim, Germany : , : Wiley-VCH, , [2011] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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