The characteristics and the life cycle of stars : an anthology of current thought
Presents a collection of essays that examines the characteristics and life cycles of stars, and analyzes how stars are formed, what goes on during the life of a star, and what happens when stars die
184 pages ; 23 cm.
9781404203952, 1404203958
56880140
1. Stare Formation. Style and Substance/Ray Jayawardhana
Rethinking an Astronomical Icon/Ron Cowen
Space Invaders/Alexandra Goho
Gorgeous Gas/Ron Cowen
A Stellar Relic from the Early Milky Way/N. Christlieb, M. S. Bessell, T. C. Beers, B. Gustafsson, A. Korn, P. S. Barklem, T. Karlsson, M. Mizuno-Wiedner, and S. Rossi
2. The Lives and Characteristics of Stars and Their Planetary Systems. Solar System Like Ours is Called 'Missing Link'/Lee McFarling
Solving the Solar Neutrino Problem/Arthur B. McDonald, Joshua R. Klein, and David L. Wark
Keep an Eye on Hypergiant Rho Cassiopaiae/Alex Lobel
Peering Into Stardust/A. G. Tielens
3. The End of Life for a Solar Mass Star. When Stars Collide/Michael Shara
Butterflies and Crabs of the Southern Sky/Sun Kwok
Fluorine/Ken Croswell
Gems from the Stars/Sun Kwok
When a White Dwarf Explodes/David Branch
4. The End of Life for a High Mass Star. A Millenium of Shattered Stars/F. Richard Stephenson and David A. Green
Black Holes Reveal Their Innermost Secrets/A. C. Fabian and J. M. Miller
Black Hole's Velocity Links it to Supernova/William Harwood
Astronomers Link Gamma-Ray Bursts to Supernovas/Dennis Overbye
In the Line of Fire/Steve Nadis