An Introduction to the Study of Stellar Structure

S. Chandrasekhar

508 pages, parution le 13/02/2003

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Résumé

In this monograph a leading modern astrophysicist explores a problem basic to stellar dynamics: What is the relationship between loss of energy, mass, and radius of stars in the steady state?

The monograph is divided into two distinct parts. In chapters i-iv Chandrasekhar presents the "classical" background necessary to his argument: the laws of thermodynamics (from Carat heodory's rigorous axiomatic standpoint), adiabatic and polytropic laws, and the work of Ritter, Emden, Kelvin, and others who developed the applied mathematics of stellar structure. Chapters v-xii discuss modern results: the formal theory of radiation, the equations of radiative equilibrium, the luminosity formula, the theory of stellar envelopes, Gibbs statistical mechanics (the quantum mechanical version), white dwarfs, etc. The closing chapter outlines some general trends in current investigations of the problem.

Appendixes cover physical and astronomical constants; the masses of light atoms; the masses, luminosities, and radii of the stars, derived hydrogen contents, central densities and central temperatures, and tables of white dwarf functions.

"Extremely interesting ... it reaches the highest level of scientific merit," Bulletin, American Mathematical Society.

Unabridged, corrected republication of 1st (1939) edition. Bibliography. Index. 33 figures, iv + 509pp. 5 _3/8 x 8.
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Contents

The Laws of Thermodynamics
Physical Principles
Integral Theorems on the Equilibrium or a Star
Polytropic and Isothermal Gas Spheres
The Theory of Radiation and the Equations or Equilibrium
Gaseous Stars
Strohgren's Interpretation of the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
Stellar Models
The Quantum Statistics
Degenerate Stellar Configurations and the Theory of White Dwarfs
Stellar Energy
Appendixes
Physical and Astronomical Constants
The Masses of the Light Atoms
The Masses, Luminosities, and RadII of the Stars; Derived Hydrogen Contents; Central Densities; and Central Temperatures
Tables of the White-Dwarf Functions

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Éditeur(s)	Dover
Auteur(s)	S. Chandrasekhar
Parution	13/02/2003
Nb. de pages	508
Format	13,5 x 20,3
Couverture	Broché
Poids	496g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780486604138
ISBN13	978-0-486-60413-8