Features
ISBN Number: 9780521037693
Written by: Tassoul, Jean Louis
Published by: Cambridge University Press
Written by: Tassoul, Jean-Louis
Location: Cambridge
Subject: Astrophysics & Space Science
Subject: Astronomy, Universe
Subject: Stars, Rotation.
Edition Description: Paperback
Series: Cambridge Astrophysics
Series Volume: 36
Date of Publication: July 2007
Cover Type: Paperback
Grade Level: Professional and scholarly
Written in: English
Illustrations: 66 line diagrams 9 tables
Number of Pages: 272
Book Size: 961x669x58 98
Like the Earth and planets, stars rotate. Understanding how stars rotate is central to modelling their structure, formation and evolution, and how they interact with their environment and companion stars. This authoritative volume provides a lucid introduction to stellar rotation and the definitive reference to the subject. It combines theory and observation in a comprehensive survey of how the rotation of stars affects the structure and evolution of the Sun, single stars and close binaries. This book will be of primary interest to graduate students and researchers studying solar and stellar rotation and close binary systems. It will also appeal to those with a more general interest in solar and stellar physics, star formation, binary stars and the hydrodynamics of rotating fluids - including geophysicists, planetary scientists and plasma physicists. Synopsis:
Like the Earth and planets, stars rotate. This authoritative volume combines theory and observation to provide a lucid introduction to stellar rotation and the definitive reference to the subject. It will be of primary interestto graduate students and researchers studying solar and stellar rotation and close binary systems. It will also appeal to those with a more general interest in solar and stellar physics, star formation, binary stars and the hydrodynamics of rotating fluids - including geophysicists, planetary scientists and plasma physicists.
Synopsis:
A definitive reference on stellar rotation combining theory and observation.
