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New light on dark stars : red dwarfs, low-mass stars, brown dwarfs
- Title
- New light on dark stars : red dwarfs, low-mass stars, brown dwarfs / I. Neill Reid and Suzanne L. Hawley.
- Author
- Reid, I. Neill, 1957-
- Publication
- New York : Springer ; Chichester, UK : Praxis, [2005], ©2005.
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- Additional Authors
- Hawley, Suzanne L., 1960-
- Description
- xxxiv, 560 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm.
- Summary
- "This new edition of New Light on Dark Stars presents a comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of the considerable progress in research into low-mass stars, brown dwarfs and extrasolar planets over the past few years. The book deals with both the astrophysical nature of individual red dwarfs and brown dwarfs and their collective statistical properties as an important Galactic stellar population. The many discoveries of new brown dwarfs and extrasolar planets are detailed, and the book includes results from both observational and theoretical work."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Springer-Praxis books in astrophysics and astronomy
- Uniform Title
- Springer-Praxis books in astrophysics and astronomy.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Astronomical concepts -- 2. Observational properties of low-mass dwarfs -- 3. The structure, formation and evolution of low-mass stars and brown dwarfs -- 4. The photosphere -- 5. Stellar activity -- 6. Brown dwarfs -- 7. A galactic structure primer -- 8. The stellar luminosity function -- 9. The mass function -- 10. M dwarfs in the galactic halo -- 11. Extrasolar planets.
- ISBN
- 3540251243
- LCCN
- 2005924587
- OCLC
- ocm60810833
- SCSB-5215538
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries