Astrophysics of red supergiants /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Levesque, Emily M. (συγγραφέας.)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Bristol : IOP Publishing, c2017.
• Σειρά: IOP astronomy.; AAS-IOP Astronomy.
• Θέματα: Άστρα; Αστροφυσική

Astrophysics of Red Supergiants' is the first book of its kind devoted to our current knowledge of red supergiant stars, a key evolutionary phase that is critical to our larger understanding of massive stars. It provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamental physical properties of red sup...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. An introduction to red supergiants
• 1.1. A key evolutionary phase
• 1.2. Supernova progenitors
• 1.3. Extragalactic probes
• 2. Inside a red supergiant
• 2.1. Evolution and the stellar core
• 2.2. Envelopes and atmospheres
• 3. Physical properties of red supergiants
• 3.1. The spectrum of a red supergiant
• 3.2. Effective temperatures
• 3.3. Masses
• 3.4. Luminosities
• 3.5. Radii
• 3.6. Surface gravities
• 4. Mass loss and dust production in red supergiants
• 4.1. Winds and mass-loss processes
• 4.2. Dust from supergiants
• 4.3. Extreme Mass Loss in RSGs--OH/IR supergiants
• 5. Red supergiants in binaries
• 5.1. Modeling RSG binaries
• 5.2. Observing RSGs in binaries : the VV Cep and [Zeta] Aur systems
• 5.3. Extreme binary scenarios for RSGs
• 6. Red supergiants in and beyond the Milky Way
• 6.1. Identifying red supergiant populations
• 6.2. RSGs in the Milky Way
• 6.3. Extragalactic RSG populations
• 6.4. Metallicity effects in rsgs
• 7. Variability in red supergiants
• 7.1. Photometric variability
• 7.2. Spectroscopic variability
• 8. Red supergiants and supernovae
• 8.1. RSGs as direct progenitors--Type II-P supernovae
• 8.2. The "red supergiant problem"
• 8.3. RSGs as progenitor precursors
• 9. The future of red supergiant research
• 9.1. Time domain astronomy
• 9.2. Beyond the local group
• 9.3. NGC 6946 : an example of RSG astronomy in the 2020s.