An Introduction to the Study of Stellar Structure
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An Introduction to the Study of Stellar Structure: (Dover Books on Astronomy)


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Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION I. THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS II. PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES III. INTEGRAL THEOREMS ON THE EQUILIBRIUM OF A STAR IV. POLYTROPIC AND ISOTHERMAL GAS SPHERES V. THE THEORY OF RADIATION AND THE EQUATIONS OF EQUILIBRIUM VI. GASEOUS STARS VII. STROMGREN'S INTERPRETATION OF THE HERTZSPRUNG-RUSSELL DIAGRAM VIII. STELLAR ENVELOPES AND THE CENTRAL CONDENSATION OF STARS IX. STELLAR MODELS X. THE QUANTUM STATISTICS XI. DEGENERATE STELLAR CONFIGURATION AND THE THEORY OF WHITE DWARFS XII. STELLAR ENERGY APPENDIXES I. PHYSICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL CONSTANTS II. THE MASSES OF THE LIGHT ATOMS III. "THE MASSES, LUMINOSITIES, AND RADII OF THE STARS; DERIVED HYDROGEN CONTENTS; CENTRAL DENSITIES; AND CENTRAL TEMPERATURES" IV. TABLES OF THE WHITE-DWARF FUNCTIONS GENERAL INDEX

About the Author :
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar: A Shining Star The great Indian astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910-1995), recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 for his work on the later evolutionary stages of massive stars, was not only the author of several books reprinted by Dover over many years, but a frequent and highly valued reviewer of titles in his field during the 1970s and 1980s. Chandrasekhar's books, published by Dover, are: An Introduction to the Theory of Stellar Structure, 1967; Hydrodynamic and Hydromagnetic Stability, 1981; Principles of Stellar Dynamics, 2005; Ellipsoidal Figures of Equilibrium, 1987; and Radiative Transfer, 1960. For those concerned with the distant future - the really distant future - Chandrasekhar's name will always be associated with the Chandrasekhar Limit, the figure of 1.44 solar masses, the minimal mass above which a dying star will collapse into a black hole following a supernova. People on Earth need not be bothered anticipating such drama: for us, when the sun dies, the lights will just go out. In astrophysical terms, our sun will at that point be a stable white dwarf. Critical Acclaim for Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar: "Any new fact or insight that I may have found has not seemed to me as a 'discovery' of mine, but rather something that had always been there and that I had chanced to pick up. I discovered true mathematical elegance from Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar." - Carl Sagan


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780486604138
  • Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
  • Publisher Imprint: Dover Publications Inc.
  • Height: 202 mm
  • No of Pages: 512
  • Spine Width: 24 mm
  • Width: 134 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0486604136
  • Publisher Date: 28 Mar 2003
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Dover Books on Astronomy
  • Weight: 496 gr


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