
The Brightest Stars
C. de Jager(Author)
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Will be published approx. on 30. November 1980
Book
Hardback
470 pages
978-90-277-1109-0 (ISBN)
Description
No part of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram shows a more pronounced diversity of stellar types than the upper part, which contains the most luminous stars. Can one visualize a larger difference than between a luminous, young and extremely hot Of star, and a cool, evolved pulsating giant of the Mira type, or an S-type supergiant, or - again at the other side of the diagram - the compact nucleus of a planetary nebula? But there is order and unity in this apparent disorder! Virtually all types of bright stars are evolutionally related, in one way or the other. Evolution links bright stars. In many cases the evolution is speeded up by, or at least intimately related to various signs of stellar instability. Bright stars lose mass, either continuously or in dramatic sudden events, they vibrate or pulsate - and with these tenuous, gigantic objects this often happens in a most bizarre fashion. Sometimes the evolution goes so fast that fundamental changes are observable in the time span of a human's life - several of such cases have now been identified.
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Edition
1980 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Publishing group
Springer
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Research
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
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470 p.
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Weight
1040 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-277-1109-0 (9789027711090)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-009-9030-2
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C. de Jager
The Brightest Stars
Book
11/1980
Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Content
1: The Upper Boundaries of the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram.- 2: The Main Observational Characteristics of the Most Luminous Stars.- 3: Spectral Characteristics and Stellar Parameters for the Main Groups of Luminous Stars; Some Prototypes.- 4: The Evolution of Massive Stars.- 5: The Structure of Very Tenuous Stellar Atmospheres.- 6: Chromospheres, Coronae, Gas and Dust Around Luminous Stars.- 7: Mass-Loss from Bright Stars.- 8: Variability of Supergiant Atmospheres.- 9: Stars of Transient Extreme Brightness; Novae, Supernovae.- References.- Symbols and Notations.- Alphabetic List of Stars.- Objects by Name.- Supernovae (By Year of Appearance).