The most recent and comprehensive book on pulsating stars which ties the observations to our present understanding of stellar pulsation and evolution theory. Written by experienced researchers and authors in the field, this book includes the latest observational results and is valuable reading for astronomers, graduate students, nuclear physicists and high energy physicists. INDICE: (For more details see proposal) 1. Historical Overview 2. Fundamentals of Stellar Variability Observations 3. Classification of Variable Stars 4. Stellar structure and evolution theory 5. Stellar pulsation theory 6. Cepheid variable stars 7. RR Lyrae Stars 8. Delta Scuti and SX Phoenicis stars 9. White Dwarf stars 10. RV Tauri stars 11. Red variable stars 12. Beta Cephei stars and other upper main sequence variables 13. Pulsating supergiant stars 14. Subdwarf B pulsators
- ISBN: 978-3-527-40715-6
- Editorial: Wiley VCH
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha Publicación: 26/11/2014
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés