Understanding variable stars /

Understanding variable stars /

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Author / Creator:Percy, John R.
Imprint:Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Description:xxi, 350 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Variable stars.
Variable stars.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6415943
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ISBN:9780521232531
0521232538
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Boxes
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • 1. History and development
  • 1.1. Tycho's and Kepler's stars
  • 1.2. The beginnings of modern astronomy
  • 1.3. Systematic visual observations
  • 1.4. The photographic revolution
  • 1.5. Spectroscopy
  • 1.6. Classification and explanation
  • 1.7. Photoelectric photometry: the electronic revolution
  • 1.8. Consolidation
  • 1.9. The modern age
  • 1.10. Variable stars: the present status
  • 2. Stars
  • 2.1. Positions
  • 2.2. Binary and multiple stars
  • 2.3. Star clusters
  • 2.4. Galaxies
  • 2.5. Motions of the stars
  • 2.6. Apparent magnitude
  • 2.7. Distance
  • 2.8. Absolute magnitude and luminosity
  • 2.9. Stellar masses
  • 2.10. Spectra
  • 2.11. Colour
  • 2.12. Temperature
  • 2.13. Diameter
  • 2.14. Composition
  • 2.15. Rotation
  • 2.16. Radial velocity
  • 2.17. The Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) diagram
  • 2.18. Star structure
  • 2.19. Star formation
  • 2.20. Star evolution
  • 2.21. Star death
  • 3. Variable stars
  • 3.1. Magnitude and Julian Date
  • 3.2. Measurement of variable stars
  • 3.3. Discovery and observation
  • 3.4. Analysis of variable star data
  • 3.5. Classification
  • 3.6. Certification
  • 3.7. Nomenclature
  • 3.8. Bibliography
  • 4. Rotating variable stars
  • 4.1. The spotted sun
  • 4.2. Sunlike stars
  • 4.3. FK Comae stars
  • 4.4. RS Canum Venaticorum stars
  • 4.5. BY Draconis stars
  • 4.6. Peculiar A (Ap) stars
  • 4.7. Pulsars
  • 5. Eclipsing variable stars
  • 5.1. Overview
  • 5.2. Ellipsoidal variable stars
  • 5.3. Classification of eclipsing variables
  • 5.4. Analysis of eclipsing variables
  • 5.5. Detached eclipsing variables
  • 5.6. Semi-detached binaries
  • 5.7. W Ursae Majoris stars - contact binaries
  • 5.8. Symbiotic binary systems
  • 5.9. VV Cephei stars
  • 5.10. X-ray binaries
  • 5.11. The evolution of binary systems
  • 5.12. Transiting exoplanets
  • 6. Pulsating variable stars
  • 6.1. Pulsation modes
  • 6.2. Pulsation mechanisms
  • 6.3. Modelling stellar pulsation
  • 6.4. Non-linear effects
  • 6.5. The instability strip(s)
  • 6.6. Helioseismology: pulsations of the sun
  • 6.7. Asteroseismology
  • 6.8. Classical Cepheid variable stars
  • 6.9. Population II Cepheids (W Virginis stars)
  • 6.10. RV Tauri variables
  • 6.11. RR Lyrae stars
  • 6.12. Delta Scuti stars
  • 6.13. Rapidly oscillating peculiar A (roAp) stars
  • 6.14. Pulsating degenerate stars
  • 6.15. Beta Cephei (Beta Canis Majoris) stars
  • 6.16. Pulsating red giants (PRGs)
  • 6.17. Red supergiant (SRc) variables
  • 7. Eruptive variable stars
  • 7.1. Flare stars
  • 7.2. Cataclysmic variables
  • 7.3. Supernovae
  • 7.4. Gamma-ray bursters
  • 7.5. Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN)
  • 8. Pre-main-sequence variable stars
  • 8.1. T Tauri stars
  • 8.2. FU Orionis stars
  • 8.3. Herbig-Haro objects
  • 8.4. Herbig Ae and Be stars
  • 8.5. Putting it all together
  • 9. Miscellaneous variable stars
  • 9.1. Be stars - Gamma Cassiopeiae variables
  • 9.2. Wolf-Rayet stars
  • 9.3. Hypergiant variable stars
  • 9.4. R Coronae Borealis (RCB) stars
  • 10. Epilogue
  • 10.1. Variable stars and astronomical research
  • 10.2. Variable stars and amateur astronomy
  • 10.3. Variable stars and science education
  • 10.4. Variable stars and the general public
  • Appendix. Acronyms
  • References
  • Resources
  • Index
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