An introduction to the study of stellar structure
By: Chandrasekhar, S
Language: English Publisher: New York Dover Publications c1967Description: 507p.; 22cmISBN: 9780486604138Subject(s): Science -- AstronomyDDC classification: 523 CHA/I Online resources: Publisher's URL
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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