Variable Stars as Essential Astrophysical Tools

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Variable Stars as Essential Astrophysical Tools is written by Cafer Ibanogammalu and published by Springer Science & Business Media. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9401142998 (ISBN 10) and 9789401142991 (ISBN 13).

Pulsating and eccentric binary stars play a fundamentally important role in deciphering the mass distribution within stars. The present volume reviews the fundamental concepts of both radial and nonradial oscillations in the stars, including the Sun. Helio- and astroseismological results are reviewed, from the basics to the most recent developments. A new theory is presented, which seems to explain the mechanism of the light and radial velocity variations of recently discovered Ap stars. This textbook covers almost all kinds of variable stars of widely different characteristics. It will serve as a reference text for a very long time to come, not only for specialists but also for undergraduate students of physics and astronomy.