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1 online resource (295 p.) |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: You Must Be Crazy -- 1.1. WHY DO AGES OF STARS MATTER? -- 1.2. AGE OF THE SUN, GEOLOGY, AND BIOLOGY -- 1.3. CONFLICT OVER THE AGE OF THE UNIVERSE -- Chapter 2: An Echo of the Distant Past -- 2.1. GALAXIES -- 2.2. EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE AND COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND RADIATION -- 2.3. THE BIG-BANG COSMOLOGICAL MODEL -- 2.3.1. Nucleosynthesis and the Origin of the CMB Radiation -- 2.3.2. Inflation -- 2.4. THE FORMATION OF GALAXIES -- Chapter 3: Set the Controls for the Heart of the Stars |
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3.1. EARLY IDEAS -- 3.1.1. Stellar Spectra -- 3.2. THE HERTZSPRUNG-RUSSELL DIAGRAM AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF STELLAR EVOLUTION THEORIES -- 3.3. THE ENERGY SOURCE -- 3.4. GIANT STARS AND WHITE DWARFS -- Chapter 4: Introducing the Machine -- 4.1. THE EQUATIONS OF STELLAR STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION -- 4.2. A SUMMARY OF STELLAR EVOLUTION -- 4.2.1. Binary Stars -- 4.3. STELLAR EVOLUTION TRACKS AND ISOCHRONES -- Chapter 5: Great Hopes -- 5.1. RED GIANT BRANCH STARS -- 5.2. NEUTRINOS FROM THE SUN -- 5.3. NEUTRINOS FROM SUPERNOVAE -- 5.4. HELIOSEISMOLOGY: THE SUN IS IN TUNE -- 5.4.1. Asteroseismology |
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Chapter 6: Hipparcos' Legacy -- 6.1. MAGNITUDES AND COLOURS -- 6.2. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION -- 6.3. DIRECT MEASUREMENTS OF RADIUS, LUMINOSITY AND TEMPERATURE -- Chapter 7: This Is What We Do -- 7.1. THE SUN -- 7.1.1. The Faint Young Sun Problem -- 7.2. AGE OF INDIVIDUAL STARS -- 7.2.1. Ages from Radioactive Elements -- 7.3. AGE OF STAR CLUSTERS -- 7.3.1. Vertical and Horizontal Parameters -- 7.4. AGES FROM SURFACE CHEMICAL ABUNDANCES -- Chapter 8: Crazy Diamonds -- 8.1. WHITE DWARF EVOLUTION -- 8.2. AGES OF WHITE DWARFS -- 8.2.1. Star Clusters |
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8.2.2. The White Dwarf Population of the Old Open Cluster NGC 6791 -- Chapter 9: Far Away Beyond the Field -- 9.1. STAR FORMATION HISTORIES OF GALAXIES -- 9.2. UNRESOLVED STELLAR POPULATIONS -- 9.2.1. Integrated magnitudes -- 9.2.2. Integrated Spectra -- Chapter 10: What Now? -- 10.1. HOW ACCURATE ARE OUR AGES? -- 10.2. RECEDING HORIZONS -- Appendix A: Assorted (astro-) Physics -- A.1. CHEMICAL ELEMENTS, ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND THE FOUR FUNDAMENTAL FORCES OF NATURE -- A.1.1. Mass-Energy Equivalence -- A.2. THERMODYNAMICS -- A.3. PARALLAX DISTANCES -- A.4. SPECTROSCOPIC PARALLAX |
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A.5. MASS, RADIUS, AND DISTANCE OF STARS IN ECLIPSING BINARY SYSTEMS -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000392616 |
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1000392619 |
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