The Ages of Stars (IAU S258)

ISBN-13: 9780521889896 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 490 str.

Eric E. Mamajek; David R. Soderblom; Rosemary F. G. Wyse

Opis

IAU S258 discusses the problem of estimating ages of stars and stellar populations, a difficult challenge in astrophysics.

Spis treści

Preface; Part I. The Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies Guido De Marchi; Part II. Ages of Young Stars Michal Simon; Part III. Models of Stars and Tests of Models Sylvie Vauclair; Part IV. Globular Clusters and Old Open Clusters Rosemary Wyse; Part V. White Dwarfs Robert Rood; Part VI. Brown Dwarfs Michael Liu; Part VII. Age-related Properties of Solar-type Stars Fred Walter; Part VIII. Asteroseismology and the Sun Jeff Valenti; Part IX. Nucleochronology John Stauffer; Author index; Object index; Subject index.