Hot Stars in the Galactic Halo - Proceedings of a Meeting, Held at Union College, Schenectady, New York November 4-6, 1993 in Honor of the 65th Birthday of A. G. Davis Philip (Hardcover, New)

The stars that comprise a halo around our Galaxy are the source of intrigue - they have abundances of elements that suggest they are old. The properties of these hot stars and similar stars in other galaxies challenge the current, well-established theory of stellar evolution in many ways. Studying the collective properties of these stars provides important input to many areas of astrophysics - including the formation of our Galaxy, the late phases of stellar evolution and the stellar populations of other galaxies. The study of hot stars in the halo of our Galaxy is undergoing a renaissance owing to new observations with the Hubble Space Telescope and ASTRO1 and to techniques recently developed for ground-based observations. Advances in computers have also recently led to a far more detailed and complete theoretical understanding of stellar evolution. A conference was held in Union College, New York, to gather experts in the field. This volume draws together their articles with the aim of providing an up-to-date and comprehensive review for graduate students and researchers.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 1994
First published:	1994
Editors:	Saul J. Adelman • Arthur R. Upgren • Carol J. Adelman
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	406
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-46087-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Galaxies, clusters, intergalactic matter > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Astrophysics
LSN:	0-521-46087-5
Barcode:	9780521460873

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