Stellar Physics 2: Stellar Evolution and Stability
"Stellar Physics" is a an outstanding book in the growing body of literature on star formation and evolution. Not only does the author, a leading expert in the field, very thoroughly present the current state of knowledge on stellar physics, but he handle
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Gennady S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan
Stellar Physics 2: Stellar Evolution and Stability Second Edition
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Dr. Gennady S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan Space Research Institute Russian Academy of Sciences Profsoyuznaya Str. 84/32 117997 Moskva Russia [email protected] Translators of the 1st edition: Dr. A. Y. Blinov and Dr. M. Romanova
ISSN 0941-7834 ISBN 978-3-642-14733-3 e-ISBN 978-3-642-14734-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-14734-0 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010937569 c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Credit: NASA, The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Cover design: eStudio Calamar S.L. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
To my teacher, Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich
Preface to the Second English Edition
During about 10 years since the publication of the first edition, considerable progress was made in different branches of stellar astrophysics. The physical background did not change to visible extend, so only the second volume of the book, dealing with stellar structure and stability needed serious updates. The main updates concern the following topics. 1. The theory of line-driven stellar winds, where general relativistic effects, in particular, line red-shift in the gravitational field were included into consideration, leading to important enhancement of the wind acceleration. 2. The influence of Urca shells on the convective presupernova model has been under discussion for more than 30 years, with principally different answers. A physically relevant approach to this problem is presented in more details in the updated book. 3. Core-collapse supernovae explosion mechanisms. Several new mechanisms have been suggested during last 10 years. Major progress i
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