Stellar Rotation

by Jean-Louis Tassoul

Book Overview

Like the Earth and planets, stars rotate. Understanding how stars rotate is central to modelling their structure, formation and evolution, and how they interact with their environment and companion stars. This authoritative volume, first published in 2000, provides a lucid introduction to stellar rotation and the definitive reference to the subject. It combines theory and observation in a comprehensive survey of how the rotation of stars affects the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521037697
• ISBN13: 9780521037693
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"