An introduction to the study of stellar structure
- New York Dover Publications c1967
- 507p.; 22cm.
Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION I. THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS II. PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES III. INTEGRAL THEOREMS ON THE EQUILIBRIUM OF A STAR IV. POLYTROPIC AND ISOTHERMAL GAS SPHERES V. THE THEORY OF RADIATION AND THE EQUATIONS OF EQUILIBRIUM VI. GASEOUS STARS VII. STRÖMGREN'S INTERPRETATION OF THE HERTZSPRUNG-RUSSELL DIAGRAM VIII. STELLAR ENVELOPES AND THE CENTRAL CONDENSATION OF STARS IX. STELLAR MODELS X. THE QUANTUM STATISTICS XI. DEGENERATE STELLAR CONFIGURATION AND THE THEORY OF WHITE DWARFS XII. STELLAR ENERGY APPENDIXES I. PHYSICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL CONSTANTS II. THE MASSES OF THE LIGHT ATOMS III. "THE MASSES, LUMINOSITIES, AND RADII OF THE STARS; DERIVED HYDROGEN CONTENTS; CENTRAL DENSITIES; AND CENTRAL TEMPERATURES" IV. TABLES OF THE WHITE-DWARF FUNCTIONS GENERAL INDEX