Reviews in Modern Astronomy

Variabilities in Stars and Galaxies
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 1992
ISBN: 978-3-642-77545-1
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 271 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 435 g

Reihe: Reviews in Modern Astronomy

The fifth yearbook of the Astronomische Gesellschaft (AG) contains eighteen reviews and highlight contributions dedicated to the topic Variabilities in Stars and Galaxies. The contributions deal with time-dependent phenomena of a wide range of astronomical objects, and the different physical mechanisms causing the variability are discussed.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Klare, Gerhard

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Luminous Blue Variables; Quiescent and Eruptive States.- On Pulsations of Luminous Stars.- Cataclysmic Variables — Selected Problems.- Symbiotic Stars.- Abundances of Classical Novae.- Recent Advances in Studies of the Nova Outburst.- Accretion Disc Phenomena.- The Variability of Magnetic Stars.- Observational Aspects of Stellar Seismology.- Testing Stellar Evolution Theory with Oscillation Frequency Data.- Evolution of Stars and Gas in Galactic Nuclei.- Gas Motions in the Inner Galaxy and the Dynamics of the Galactic Bulge Region.- Stellar X-Ray Variability as Observed with the ROSAT XRT.- M82 — The Bipolar Galaxy.- Variability and VLBI Observations of Extragalactic Radio Sources.- Emission Line Variability in AGN’s.- The Continuum of Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei, and Its Time Variability.- Gravitational Lensing by Large-Scale Structures.- Index of Contributors.