Theory of Stellar Pulsation. (PSA-2), Volume 2 / / John P. Cox.
Covering both radial and nonradial oscillations, this book includes not only a thorough treatment of the basic theory of stellar pulsation but also a comprehensive synthesis of the most recent work done in this area.Originally published in 1980.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-d...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017] ©1980 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Series in Astrophysics ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- I. Preliminaries
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Some Important Time Scales
- 3. Some Observational Considerations
- 4. Some Basic Theoretical Considerations
- 5. The Linear Theory
- II. Radical Oscillations of Stars
- 6. Spherically Symmetric Radial Motion
- 7. Linearized Equations
- 8. Linear Adiabatic Radial Oscillations
- 9. Linear, Nonadiabatic Radial Oscillations
- 10. Pulsational Stability of Actual Stars
- 11. The Phase Lag
- 12. Nonlinear Theory
- 13. Simple Models of Stellar Pulsation
- III. Nonradial Oscillations of Stars
- 14. General Nonlinear Partial Differential Equation
- 15. Hermiticity of the Linear Adiabatic Wave Equation
- 16. Growth or Decay of Small, Nonradial Oscillations
- 17. Linear, Adiabatic, Nonradial Oscillations of Spherical Stars
- 18. Linear, Nonadiabatic, Nonradial Oscillations of Spherical Stars
- 19. Miscellaneous Topics
- References
- List of Symbols
- Index