Asteroseismology

ISBN-13: 9789401776417 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 866 str.

C. Aerts; J. Christensen-Dalsgaard; D. W. Kurtz

Opis

This volume offers a practical guide to asteroseismology for graduate students and scientists involved with stellar astrophysics. It introduces asteroseismology and provides comprehensive coverage of fundamental theory, observations and techniques, in addition data analysis methods.

Spis treści

1 Introducing Asteroseismology.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 1-D Oscillations.- 1.3 2-D Oscillations in a Drum Head.- 1.4 3-D Oscillations in Stars.- 1.5 An Asteroseismic HR Diagram for p-Mode Pulsators.- 1.6 A Pulsation HR Diagram.- 2 Stellar Oscillations across the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram.- 2.1 Stellar Evolution in a Nutshell.- 2.2 Variability Studies from Large-Scale Surveys.- 2.3 Oscillations Near the Main Sequence.- 2.4 Oscillations in Pre-Main-Sequence Stars.- 2.5 Pulsations in Evolved Stars with M ≤ 9M.- 2.6 Pulsations in Evolved Stars with M ≥ 9M.- 2.7 Compact Oscillators.- 2.8 Pulsations in Binaries.- 2.9 Conclusions.- 3 Theory of Stellar Oscillations.- 3.1 General Hydrodynamics.- 3.2 Equilibrium Stellar Structure.- 3.3 Equations of Linear Stellar Oscillations.- 3.4 Asymptotic Theory of Stellar Oscillations.- 3.5 Computed Properties of Modes of Oscillation.- 3.6 Variational Properties of Stellar Adiabatic Oscillations.- 3.7 Driving Mechanisms.- 3.8 Effects of Rotation.- 4 Observational Techniques.- 4.1 Duty Cycle.- 4.2 Time.- 4.3 Photometry.- 4.4 Spectroscopy.- 5 Frequency Analysis.- 5.1 Harmonic Analysis by Least Squares.- 5.2 Non-parametric Frequency Analysis Methods.- 5.3 Parametric Frequency Analysis Methods.- 5.4 Significance Criteria.- 5.5 Error Estimation of the Derived Frequencies.- 5.6 The use of Weights in Merging different Data Sets.- 5.7 Damped Oscillations.- 5.8 Eliminating Aliases.- 5.9 Conclusions.- 6 ModeIdentification.- 6.1 Mode Identification from Multicolour Photometry.- 6.2 Mode Identification from High-Resolution Spectroscopy.- 6.3 Mode Identification from Combined Photometry and Spectroscopy.- 6.4 Towards Mode Identification from Combined Interferometry and Spectroscopy?.- 6.5 Towards Mode Identification from Eclipse Mapping?.- 7 Applications of Asteroseismology.- 7.1 Helioseismology.- 7.2 Solar-Like Pulsators.- 7.3 Heat Driven Main Sequence Stars.- 7.4 Compact Pulsators.- 8 The Future.- 8.1 Space Missions.- 8.2 Ground-Based Networks and Antarctica.- A Summary of the Different Classes of Stellar Pulsators.- B Properties of Legendre Functions and Spherical Harmonics.- C Mathematical Preliminaries.- D Adiabatic Oscillations in an Isothermal Atmosphere.- E Asymptotic Theory of Stellar Oscillations.- Bibliography.- Subject Index.- Object Index.- Acronym Definition Index.

O autorze

Conny Aerts is full professor at the University of Leuven, Belgium, as well as professor by special appointment on the Chair Asteroseismology, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard is full professor of helio- and asteroseismology at Aarhus University, Denmark. Don Kurtz is full professor at the University of Central Lancashire, UK.
Their collective expertise encompasses all aspects of asteroseismology. All three authors are experienced lecturers and participate in numerous scientific committees. Their research teams enjoy international recognition and are heavily involved in various ground-based and satellite projects on asteroseismology.

 

Blurb

The recent research domain of asteroseismology studies the internal structure of stars, which is not directly observable, through the interpretation of the frequency spectra of stellar oscillations. The basic principles of asteroseismology are very similar to those developed by earth seismologists. Stellar interiors can be probed from oscillations because different oscillation modes penetrate to different depths inside the star. Asteroseismology is the only available method to derive the internal structure of the stars with high precision.

This book – the first on asteroseismology – offers a practical guide for graduate students and scientists working in stellar astrophysics. It provides a general introduction to asteroseismology and comprehensive coverage of all its aspects: fundamental theory, observations and observational techniques, methodology of data analysis and seismic interpretations of various classes of multi-periodic pulsating stars.