Physical processes in astrophysics: Proceedings of a meeting in honour of Evry Schatzman held in Paris, France 22–24 September 1993

Ian W. Roxburgh (auth.), Ian W. Roxburgh, Jean-Louis Masnou (eds.)3540602593, 9783540602590

This volume, in honour of Evry Schatzman, contains in-depth reviews on central topics of modern astrophysics, such as stellar physics, covering stellar evolution, solar neutrinos, stellar rotation and spin down, convection transport processes, neutron stars, white dwarfs, and novae. All the talks were given by leading experts who had time both to develop the basics of their subject and to cover recent work. The volume is meant for both graduate students and researchers.

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Table of contents :
Allocution d’Ouverture….Pages 1-1
Opening address….Pages 2-2
Physical processes in stellar evolution….Pages 4-17
Solar neutrinos: What we have learned….Pages 19-36
Angular momentum loss mechanisms and stellar spin-down….Pages 37-48
Recent progress in condensed matter physics….Pages 49-75
White dwarfs: Useful stars….Pages 77-97
The studies of novae from Schatzman 1949 to cygnus 1992….Pages 99-128
A prelude to stellar convection theory….Pages 129-152
Transport processes in stellar interiors….Pages 153-169
Solar neutrinos and transport processes….Pages 171-184
Evidence for non-standard mixing on the red giant branch….Pages 186-190
A criterion to select Li-rich giants….Pages 191-195
About solar model calibration….Pages 197-201
Solar abundances, convection and the standard solar model….Pages 203-205
Galactic evolution of carbon and oxygen with metallicity dependent yields….Pages 207-211
Asymptotic properties of dynamo waves….Pages 213-217
Numerical solution of stellar nonradial oscillations: the Galerkin and B-Splines method….Pages 219-221
Is the binary pulsar PSR 1718–19 formed by accretion induced collapse?….Pages 223-226
Dibaryons in dense nuclear matter….Pages 227-231
Calibration of α Centauri and the uniqueness of the mixing length….Pages 233-238
Overshooting from convective cores….Pages 239-246