Asteroseismic Data Analysis (eBook)

Foundations and Techniques

Sarbani Basu, William J. Chaplin (Autoren)

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2017
352 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-8820-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Studies of stars and stellar populations, and the discovery and characterization of exoplanets, are being revolutionized by new satellite and telescope observations of unprecedented quality and scope. Some of the most significant advances have been in the field of asteroseismology, the study of stars by observation of their oscillations. Asteroseismic Data Analysis gives a comprehensive technical introduction to this discipline. This book not only helps students and researchers learn about asteroseismology; it also serves as an essential instruction manual for those entering the field.The book presents readers with the foundational techniques used in the analysis and interpretation of asteroseismic data on cool stars that show solar-like oscillations. The techniques have been refined, and in some cases developed, to analyze asteroseismic data collected by the NASA Kepler mission. Topics range from the analysis of time-series observations to extract seismic data for stars to the use of those data to determine global and internal properties of the stars. Reading lists and problem sets are provided, and data necessary for the problem sets are available online.The first book to describe in detail the different techniques used to analyze the data on stellar oscillations, Asteroseismic Data Analysis offers an invaluable window into the hearts of stars.Introduces the asteroseismic study of stars and the theory of stellar oscillationsDescribes the analysis of observational (time-domain) dataExamines how seismic parameters are extracted from observationsExplores how stellar properties are determined from seismic dataLooks at the "e;inverse problem,"e; where frequencies are used to infer internal structures of stars

Autor

Sarbani Basu is a professor in the Department of Astronomy at Yale University. William J. Chaplin is a professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of The Music of the Sun: The Story of Helioseismology.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.9.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Modern Observational Astronomy
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Modern Observational Astronomy
• Zusatzinfo: 159 line illus. 2 tables.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
• Schlagworte: acoustic glitches • Amplitude • Apparent magnitude • Approximation • asteroseismic analysis • asteroseismic data • asteroseismic parameters • Asteroseismology • astrophysics • asymmetry • Attenuation • autocorrelation • Automated detection • Barycentric Dynamical Time • basic datasets • Bayesian • bayesian framework • Be star • Bolometric correction • Calculation • Cauchy distribution • Cepheid variable • coefficient • comparing frequencies • Condition number • constructing models • Continuity equation • convection • Convection zone • CoRoT • curve fitting • Damping • detection • diagram • Dirac comb • Direct Method • Effective temperature • Energy • Energy Generation • Equation of State • estimation • Excitation (magnetic) • exoplanets • Finite difference • Fourier transform • Free parameter • frequency domain • frequency-domain properties • frequency-power spectrum • Frequency separation • frequency spectrum • frequency splittings • gaussian noise • glitch signatures • goodness of fit • Granulation • grid-based modeling • Harmonic oscillator • Helioseismology • Helium flash • Hertzsprung–Russell diagram • High Frequency • ideal gas • ideal gas law • Instability strip • inverse problem • Inversions • inversion techniques • Ionization • LAWE • Least Squares • length scale • Likelihood Function • Limb darkening • linear adiabatic wave equation • Low frequency • magnetic activity • Main sequence • Mass • Maximum a posteriori estimation • maximum likelihood estimation • Metallicity • Metropolis–Hastings algorithm • mixed modes • mode frequencies • modeling stars • Model Parameters • Momentum • NASA Kepler mission • Nonlinear Optics • Normal distribution • Nyquist frequency • Observational data • Observational Techniques • Optical depth • oscillations • Parameter • Parseval's theorem • peak-bagging analysis • period spacings • Polytrope • posterior probability • power spectrum • Prediction • Prior probability • Probability • Probability Distribution • pulsators • Quadrupole • Quantity • Radiation pressure • Red Giant • Red-giant branch • Red Giants • Redshift • resonance • Satellite • seismic properties • Shot noise • Sideband • Sinc function • smoothing • solar frequencies • Solar-like oscillations • solar-like oscillators • solar-like pulsations • solar rotation • solar-type oscillations • Spectral density • Spectral line • Spherical Symmetry • star mass • star radius • Stars • Stefan–Boltzmann constant • stellar evolution • stellar models • stellar oscillation data • Stellar oscillations • stellar parameters • Stellar population • Stellar Properties • Stellar pulsations • stellar signals • Stellar Structure • stellar structures • Subgiant • SunSPOT • Surface gravity • telescope • Temperature • Thermal time scale • Thermodynamic Equilibrium • time domain • time-domain data • time-series observations • Uncertainty • variable star • White Noise • window function
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-8820-4 / 1400888204
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-8820-7 / 9781400888207