Pulsating Stars

Preface
 
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
Discovery of the First Pulsating Variable Stars
The Recognition of Pulsation as a Cause of Variability
 
FUNDAMENTALS OF STELLAR VARIABILITY OBSERVATIONS
Definitions
Photometric Bandpasses
Period Determination
Common Observational Techniques
Space-Based Versus Ground Observations
 
CLASSIFICATION OF VARIABLE STARS
Regular, Semi-Regular, and Irregular Variables
Variability: Intrinsic and/or Extrinsic
Extrinsic Variables
Intrinsic Variables
 
STELLAR STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION THEORY
The Basic Equations of Stellar Structure and Evolution
The Evolution of Low-Mass Stars
The Evolution of Intermediate-Mass Stars
The Evolution of High-Mass Stars
 
STELLAR PULSATION THEORY
Timescales
Ritter's (Period-Mean Density) Relation
Basic Equations of (Radial) Stellar Pulsation Theory
Linearization of the Stellar Pulsation Equations
Linear Adiabatic Oscillations: The LAWE
Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions of the LAWE
Non-Adiabatic Theory: Conditions for Stability
The Linear Non-Adiabatic Wave Equation
Driving Mechanism
Stability Conditions and Instability Strip Edges
Non-Radial Pulsations
Nonlinear Effects
 
RR LYRAE STARS
RR Lyrae Stars as a Class of Pulsating Variable Star
RR Lyrae Stars as Standard Candles
Evolution of RR Lyrae Stars
Pulsation
The Blazhko Effect
RR Lyrae Stars in Globular Clusters
The Oosterhoff Groups
Period Changes
RR Lyrae Stars beyond the Milky Way
 
CEPHEID AND RELATED VARIABLE STARS
Classical Cepheids
Type II Cepheids
BL Boo Stars or Anormalous Cepheids
RV Tauri Stars
 
RED VARIABLE STARS
Convection and Pulsation
Mira and Related Long-Period Variables
Semi-Regular Variables
Irregular Variables
 
PULSATING STARS CLOSE TO THE LOWER MAIN SEQUENCE IN THE H-R DIAGRAM
Delta Scuti and SX Phoenicis Stars
Gamma Doradus Stars
roAp Stars
 
PULSATING STARS CLOSE TO THE UPPER MAIN SEQUENCE IN THE H-R DIAGRAM
Beta Cephei Stars
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Márcio Catelan holds a full professorship at the Catholic University of Chile. Previous assignments were with the University of Virginia and with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. He is the author of over 130 journal papers and numerous review articles, and presents an impressive record of institutional service and awards, including Hubble and Guggenheim fellowships.
 
Horace Smith is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University. He received his Master's degree and PhD from Yale and his research is focused on variable stars and what we can learn from them about the evolution of stars and galaxies. He has published extensively in astronomical journals and is the author of a book on RR Lyrae stars. He has served on numerous scientific committees and as a reviewer for several astronomical journals.