| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Historical overview -- Fundamentals of stellar variability observations -- Classification of variable stars -- Stellar structure and evolution theory -- Stellar pulsation theory -- RR Lyrae stars -- Cepheid and related variable stars -- Red variable stars -- Pulsating stars close to the lower main sequence in the H-R diagram -- Pulsating stars close to the upper main sequence in the H-R diagram -- Pulsating supergiant stars -- Hot subdwarf pulsators -- Pulsating degenerate stars |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 23, 2015) |
| Subject |
Pulsating stars.
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SCIENCE -- Astronomy.
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Pulsating stars.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Smith, Horace A., author.
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| ISBN |
9783527655182 |
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3527655182 |
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9783527655212 |
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3527655212 |
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9783527655205 |
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3527655204 |
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