Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- I Survey of the Problem
- II Thermodynamics of Radiation
- III Quantum Theory
- IV Polytropic Gas Spheres
- V Radiative Equilibrium
- VI Solution of the Equations
- VII The Mass-Luminosity Relation
- VIII Variable Stars
- IX The Coefficient of Opacity
- X Ionisation, Diffusion, Rotation
- XI The Source of Stellar Energy
- XII The Outside of a Star
- XIII Diffuse Matter in Space
- APP. I Physical and Astronomical Constants
- APP. II References
- INDEX
Foreword
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 June 2011
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- I Survey of the Problem
- II Thermodynamics of Radiation
- III Quantum Theory
- IV Polytropic Gas Spheres
- V Radiative Equilibrium
- VI Solution of the Equations
- VII The Mass-Luminosity Relation
- VIII Variable Stars
- IX The Coefficient of Opacity
- X Ionisation, Diffusion, Rotation
- XI The Source of Stellar Energy
- XII The Outside of a Star
- XIII Diffuse Matter in Space
- APP. I Physical and Astronomical Constants
- APP. II References
- INDEX
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- The Internal Constitution of the Stars , pp. vii - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1988