New Perspectives on Stellar Pulsation and Pulsating Variable Stars: IAU Colloquium 139 (I A U COLLOQUIUM//PROCEEDINGS)

Cambridge University Press
Edition: 1st Edition, 10/21/1993
EAN 9780521443821, ISBN10: 0521443822

Hardcover, 463 pages, 26 x 18.4 x 2.5 cm
Language: English

How can the interior of the Sun, white dwarfs and other stars be studied by stellar seismology? What can Doppler imaging tell us about high-degree pulsations? What impact are CCD and infrared observations having on extending the Cepheid and RR Lyrae distance scale? And how are other classes of pulsators providing independent checks of the distance scale? These and many other critical questions are answered in this timely review of the dramatic advances made in pulsating star research in the last decade. This survey collects together more than thirty comprehensive reviews and over one hundred summaries of research papers from the 139th IAU Colloquium, held in Victoria, British Columbia. Together these cover all aspects of recent developments in the field of variable star research and preview some of the exciting advances anticipated for the next decade. This volume provides an essential review for graduate students and researchers.

Group photograph
List of participants
Preface
Part I. Variable Stars as Distance Indicators
Part II. Stellar Seismology
Part III. Beyond the Classical Instability Strip
Part IV. Theoretical Breakthroughs
Part V. Windows on the Instability Strip
Index.