White Dwarfs As Probes Of Fundamental Physics Iau S357

Author : Martin A. Barstow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781108492027
Total Pages : 400 pages
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Download or read book White Dwarfs as Probes of Fundamental Physics (IAU S357) written by Martin A. Barstow and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White dwarfs are the most numerous members of the stellar graveyard. More than ninety percent of all stars will end their lives as white dwarfs. Research on these objects is fascinating in its own right, requiring developments in atomic data and the study of properties of matter under extreme conditions. However, these studies also have enormous impact on other areas of astrophysics, including: cosmology, the composition of extrasolar planets and fundamental physics. The proceedings of IAU Symposium 357 bring together experts from different branches of science working on white dwarfs, but also astronomers with expertise in a wide range of relevant disciplines. The resulting papers are organized around several key themes: SN Ia progenitors, debris from extrasolar planetary systems, fundamental physics, precision studies of white dwarf structure and stellar physics and Galactic evolution. They provide a framework for guiding the direction of white dwarf research for the next decade.

Author : E. Sion
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9781402036934
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book White Dwarfs: Cosmological and Galactic Probes written by E. Sion and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-08-25 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emphasis on white dwarf stars and cosmology arises from the most recent advances in cosmological and galactic structure research in which white dwarf stars are playing a very prominent role. Examples are Type Ia supernovae (i.e. white dwarf supernovae), the origin and evolution of the universe, the age of the galactic disk, cosmochronology using white dwarfs in globular clusters and galactic clusters, and the physics of accretion onto compact (very dense) stars. As an assisting guide to the reader, we have included, by invitation, comprehensive review articles in each of the four major areas of the book, white dwarf supernovae, cosmology, accretion physics and galactic structure. The reviews include introductory material that they build upon. The book is suitable and most useful to advanced undergraduates, graduate students and scientific professionals (e.g. astronomers, astrophysicists, cosmologists, physicists).

Author : Gary A. Wegner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book White Dwarfs written by Gary A. Wegner and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the contributed papers and reviews from IAU Colloquium Number 114 on White Dwarfs held at Dartmouth College in August 1988. All the current fields of research in this area are covered including the evolution of white dwarfs, links to progenitors, luminosity functions of white dwarfs, evolution of white dwarfs in binaries, spectroscopy and atmospheric abundances, diffusion, accretion and convective mixing, the mass-radius relation, gravitational redshifts, masses of white dwarfs, and magnetic white dwarfs. Special emphasis has been placed on the intrinsic properties of single white dwarfs. All the articles are by internationally known authorities and contain the most up-to-date information available at the time of writing.

Author : Gary Wegner
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783662137444
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book White Dwarfs written by Gary Wegner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-03-12 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the contributed papers and reviews from IAU Colloquium Number 114 on White Dwarfs held at Dartmouth College in August 1988. All the current fields of research in this area are covered including the evolution of white dwarfs, links to progenitors, luminosity functions of white dwarfs, evolution of white dwarfs in binaries, spectroscopy and atmospheric abundances, diffusion, accretion and convective mixing, the mass-radius relation, gravitational redshifts, masses of white dwarfs, and magnetic white dwarfs. Special emphasis has been placed on the intrinsic properties of single white dwarfs. All the articles are by internationally known authorities and contain the most up-to-date information available at the time of writing.

Author : Domitilla de Martino
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401002150
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book White Dwarfs written by Domitilla de Martino and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, held in Naples, Italy, 24-28 June 2002

Author : Unió Astronòmica Internacional. Colloquium (
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book White Dwarfs written by Unió Astronòmica Internacional. Colloquium ( and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : M.A. Barstow
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 940112020X
Total Pages : 555 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book White Dwarfs: Advances in Observation and Theory written by M.A. Barstow and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Workshop on White Dwarfs was initiated by Prof. V. Weidemann, with the first meeting held in Kiel (FRG) in 1974. Since then a similar workshop has been held almost every two years: Frascati (1976), Tel Aviv (1978), Paris (1981), Kiel (1984), Frascati (1986) and Toulouse (1990). Two major IAU colloquia have also been devoted to the study of white dwarfs (No. 53, Rochester NY, 1979; No. 114, Hanover, NH, 1988). Our most recent meeting, the 8th Workshop, marks a number of important advances in both observational and theoretical studies of white dwarfs. This coincides with a significant expansion in the size of the community active in the field, as was clear from an increase in the number of participants between this workshop (77) and that in Toulouse (46), just two years ago. Key parts of any workshop are the discussion sessions following the pa pers. However, these are difficult to record and, very often, the 'live' flavour of the debates is lost. During this workshop we carried out an experiment, recording the discussion sessions on video tape and then transcribing these later for the proceedings. Although the recordings were made in non-studio conditions with regard to lighting and noise, only a very small part was unin telligible. All participants were given an opportunity to check their questions and answers for scientific accuracy and to correct any errors arising in the transcription process.

Author : A. G. Agayev
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789400979635
Total Pages : 88 pages
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Download or read book Catalogue of White Dwarfs written by A. G. Agayev and published by . This book was released on 1982-01-30 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edward M. Sion
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ISBN 13 : 9780750320412
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Accreting White Dwarfs written by Edward M. Sion and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The astrophysical process of accretion onto compact central objects is ubiquitous across the universe. The study of white dwarf stars has greatly expanded in recent years, and this book presents, from first principles, the physics of the accretion process onto white dwarfs. Among the resulting phenomena are isolated white dwarfs accreting interstellar gas and dust as they orbit the galactic center, white dwarfs accreting from the debris disks of tidally disrupted asteroids, comets and exoplanets in other exoplanetary systems, white dwarfs accreting from red giant winds in symbiotic variable stars, white dwarfs accreting from Roche lobe-detached main sequence stars, white dwarfs accreting in cataclysmic variables, helium accreting white dwarfs in the ultra-compact AM CVn binaries, accreting white dwarf explosions in classical novae and Type Ia supernovae, the cosmologically critical white dwarf supernovae that led to the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe and the existence of dark energy. This book is intended for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, astrophysicists who specialize in white dwarf studies as well as non-specialist scientists.

Author : International Astronomical Union
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
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Download or read book White Dwarfs written by International Astronomical Union and published by Springer. This book was released on 1971-06-30 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of IAU Symposium 42, held at St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, August 11-13, 1970