Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars /
This book deals with the underlying astrophysical mechanisms of the objects known as asymptotic giant branch stars -- the structures that occur during the dramatic period prior to a star's death. Over the past three decades, asymptotic giant branch stars have become a topic of their own, and th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York,
2004.
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| Series: | Astronomy and astrophysics library.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book deals with the underlying astrophysical mechanisms of the objects known as asymptotic giant branch stars -- the structures that occur during the dramatic period prior to a star's death. Over the past three decades, asymptotic giant branch stars have become a topic of their own, and the contributions to this volume all focus on these entities themselves, rather than their connections to other fields of astronomy. Among the many topics covered are new methods of high- quality infrared observation and the more detailed and realistic simulations made possible by increasingly fast computers. This collection should be useful to graduate students who work in the field, teachers who want to address the subject in their courses, and to astronomers from various backgrounds who are interested in the astrophysics of AGB stars. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 562 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781475738766 (electronic bk.) 1475738765 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 0941-7834 |