The Pulsations of the Sun and the Stars

Preface.- General Overview.- Advances in Global and Local Helioseismology: an Introductory Review.- Section 1: The Sun as a Star.- The Quiet Solar Photosphere: Dynamics and Magnetism.- Modeling and Prediction of Solar Cycles Using Data Assimilation Methods.- Amplitudes of Solar Gravity Modes.- Unveiling Stellar Cores and Multipole Moments via Their Flattening.- From Heliosismology to Asterosismology: Some Recent Developments.- Section 2: Stellar Pulsations.- Issues Relating to Observables of Rapidly Rotating Stars.- Seismic Diagnostics for Rotating Massive Main Sequence Stars.- Asymptotic Theory of Stellar Oscillations Based on Ray Dynamics.- Angular Momentum Transport by Regular Gravito-Inertial Waves in Stellar Radiation Zones.- Stochastic Excitation of Acoustic Modes in Stars.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642199275
• ISBN13: 9783642199271
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"