James Jeans

Problems of Cosmology and Stellar Dynamics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Problems of Cosmogony and Stellar Dynamics is a theoretical prelude to Jeans's later and more mature work on the subject, Astronomy and Cosmogony.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 483g
• ISBN-13: 9781108005685
• ISBN-10: 1108005683
• Artikelnr.: 26870591

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introductory chapter
2. General dynamical principles
3. Ellipsoidal configurations of equilibrium
4. The gravitational potential of a distorted ellipsoid
5. Pear-shaped configurations of equilibrium
6. Motion when there are no stable configurations of equilibrium
7. The motion of compressible and non-homogeneous masses
8. The evolution of gaseous masses
9. The evolution of rotating nebulae
10. The evolution of star-clusters
11. The evolution of binary and multiple stars
12. The origin and evolution of the solar system.