Precision Asteroseismology (IAU S301) (Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposia and Colloquia) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107045177 ISBN 13: 9781107045170

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

IAU Symposium 301 highlights the recent advances in the field of asteroseismology and was the twenty-first in a series of pulsation meetings started in Los Alamos in 1971 and held every two years. Topics discussed centred around seismic studies of all types of pulsating stars, which - in the era of space observations made by MOST, CoRoT and Kepler - use data of unprecedented precision. The Symposium was also the opportunity to honour Wojtek Dziembowski, one of the world's leaders in the study of solar and stellar pulsations. Highlights include contributions on observing from space and the ground, techniques of analysis and mode identification, astrophysical applications of pulsations, pulsation-convection interaction, mass loss, microphysics, pulsations in main-sequence stars, compact stars and supergiants, and solar-like oscillations. Containing many excellent reviews, this volume is an important reference source for researchers on solar and stellar pulsations.

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Book Description:

Highlighting recent advances in the field of asteroseismology, IAU Symposium 301 discusses seismic studies of all types of pulsating stars. Honouring Wojtek Dziembowski, a world leader in the study of pulsations, and containing many excellent reviews, this is an important reference source for researchers on solar and stellar pulsations.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1107045177
• ISBN 13: 9781107045170
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 535
• Editor: Guzik Joyce A., Chaplin William J., Handler Gerald, Pigulski Andrzej