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Asteroseismology for the nonspecialist /
"Version: 20251101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. A brief review of stellar structure and evolution -- 1.1. Internal stellar conditions -- 1.2. Stellar timescales -- 1.3. Equations of stellar structure -- 1.4. Radiation transfer and opacity -- 1.5. Convective transport -- 1.6. Calculating stellar models -- 1.7. Stellar evolution -- 1.8. Model comparisons2. An observat…
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Astrophysics of red supergiants /
"Version: 20171201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. An introduction to red supergiants -- 1.1. A key evolutionary phase -- 1.2. Supernova progenitors -- 1.3. Extragalactic probes2. Inside a red supergiant -- 2.1. Evolution and the stellar core -- 2.2. Envelopes and atmospheres3. Physical properties of red supergiants -- 3.1. The spectrum of a red supergiant -- 3.2. Effe…
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Time-domain studies of the Andromeda Galaxy /
"Version: 20190901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Basis properties and early observations of the Andromeda Galaxy -- 1.2. Modern M31 observations with digitized detector -- 1.3. Microlensing surveys and spin-offs -- 1.4. Wide-field camera view of M31 -- 1.5. Deep, multi-wavelength view of M312. Techniques for time-domain studies -- 2.1. Image subt…
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Gas-phase chemistry in space :from elementary particles to complex organic mo…
"Version: 20190102"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The chemistry of the early universe -- 1.1. Cosmological background -- 1.2. Big bang nucleosynthesis -- 1.3. The recombination era -- 1.4. Chemistry -- 1.5. Conclusions2. Nucleosynthesis : the origin of the chemical elements -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Nuclei in the cosmos -- 2.3. Primordial nucleosynthesis : from h t…
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Gamma-ray bursts /
"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. A historical primer -- 1.1. A lesson in serendipity -- 1.2. GRB phenomenology -- 1.3. The early years -- 1.4. Suggested models for GRB creation -- 1.5. Intensive efforts and large samples -- 1.6. The fireball shock model -- 1.7. The long-GRB afterglow revolution -- 1.8. Redshifts and host galaxies -- 1.9. The supernova…
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Common envelope evolution /
"Version: 20201201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Why do we think common-envelope evolution happens? -- 1.2. Why is common-envelope evolution broadly important? -- 1.3. Why is modeling common-envelope evolution difficult?2. Main phases -- 2.1. Characteristic timescales -- 2.2. Phase I : the loss of orbital stability and the onset of the common env…
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Accreting white dwarfs :from exoplanetary probes to classical novae and Type …
"Version: 20230901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. A brief introduction to the physics of non-accreting white dwarfs -- 1.1. A historical background of the study of white dwarfs -- 1.2. Electron degeneracy -- 1.3. The inverse relation between WD mass and radius -- 1.4. The Chandrasekhar limit -- 1.5. Core compositions versus WD mass -- 1.6. Cooling evolution -- 1.7. WD…
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An introduction to stellar magnetic activity /
"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to the magnetic sun -- 2. Photospheres -- 2.1. Physical structures in photospheres -- 2.2. Starspot light curves -- 2.3. Doppler and transit imaging of starspots -- 2.4. Spectroscopic signatures of starspots3. Chromospheres -- 3.1. Physical structures in chromospheres -- 3.2. Chromospheric resonance lines --…
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Magnetic fields in O, B, and A stars /
"Version: 20210601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Basics of stellar magnetic field studies -- 2.1. Introduction to the field -- 2.2. The Stokes formalism -- 2.3. The oblique rotator model -- 2.4. The zeeman effect -- 2.5. Broad-Band linear polarisation -- 2.6. Magnetic field modulus -- 2.7. Autocorrelation -- 2.8. Spectral line moments in Stokes I a…
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The cosmic evolution of galaxy structure /
"Version: 20201201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction to scientific classification -- 1.2. Historical background -- 1.3. Stranger things--irregular, peculiar, and dwarf galaxies -- 1.4. Low surface brightness galaxies -- 1.5. Primer on galaxy structure and galaxy formation -- 1.6. Book structure2. Galaxy structure and its meaning -- 2.1. …
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