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Author Canary Islands Winter School on Astrophysics (22nd : 2010 : La Laguna, Canary Islands)

Title Asteroseismology : XXII Canary Island Winter School of Astrophysics / [edited by] Pere L. Pallé, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife, Cesar Esteban, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife
Published New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Contents Sounding the solar cycle with helioseismology / William J. Chaplin -- Learning physics from the stars / Steven D. Kawaler -- Solar-like oscillations : an observational perspective / Timothy R. Bedding -- Studying stars through frequency inversions / Sarbani Basu -- A crash course on data analysis in asteroseismology / Thierry Appourchaux -- An observer's views and tools / Donald W. Kurtz -- Asteroseismology of red giants / Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard
Summary Our understanding of stars has grown significantly due to recent advances in asteroseismology, the stellar analog of helioseismology, the study of the Sun's acoustic wave oscillations. Using ground-based and satellite observatories to measure the frequency spectra of starlight, researchers are able to probe beneath a star's surface and map its interior structure. This volume provides a wide-ranging and up-to-date overview of the theoretical, experimental and analytical tools for carrying out front-line research in stellar physics using asteroseismological observations, tools and inferences. Chapters from seven eminent scientists in residence at the twenty-second Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics examine the interior of our Sun relative to data collected from distant stars, how to measure the fundamental parameters of single field stars, diffusion processes, and the effects of rotation on stellar structures. The volume also provides detailed treatments of modeling and computing programs, providing astronomers and graduate students a practical, methods-based guide
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Subject Astroseismology -- Congresses
SCIENCE -- Astronomy.
Astroseismology
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Pallé, Pere L., editor
Esteban, César, editor
ISBN 9781107472099
1107472091
9781139333696
1139333690