Walter J Maciel: 3 books
by Walter J. Maciel
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
This book provides a comprehensive overview of stellar structure, evolution and basic stellar properties. It includes integrated problems within the chapters, with worked solutions.
In the first part of this book, the author presents the basic properties of the stellar interior and describes...
by Walter J. Maciel
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
The space between the stars contains a large diversity of objects in which physical processes occur that are fundamental to the structure and evolution of galaxies. This book offers the reader a basic knowledge of these processes and presents simple numeric estimates of the main quantities relevant...
Hydrodynamics and Stellar Winds
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
Introduces hydrodynamics to undergraduate students in physics and astrophysics.
Stellar winds are a common phenomenon in the life of stars, from the dwarfs like the Sun to the red giants and hot supergiants, constituting one of the basic aspects of modern astrophysics. Stellar winds are a hydrodynamic...