This book on stellar astrophysics is specifically aimed to be used as a textbook for an introductory course on stellar astrophysics. Detailed examples willbe given throughout the book to help the student better grasp the concepts. The book will be written in such a way that it could be used for either a one semester or a full year course. There will be core content that is essential for understanding stellar astrophysics, and optional content that can be chosen relative to the lecturers wishes or the length of the course. The core contentwill not depend on topics covered in the optional sections, thus making this book attractive to lecturers. The book will include chapters on basic concepts, stellar formation, radiative transfer in stars, stellar atmospheres, stellarinteriors, nucleosynthesis and stellar evolution and chemically peculiar stars and diffusion.Francis LeBlanc is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy of Université de Moncton (Canada). He was educated at the Université de Moncton and then went on to obtain a Masters degree and a PhD from the Université de Montréal (Canada). During these graduate studies, he was awarded prestigious graduate studies scholarships from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), as well as other scholarships. In 1994, he was hired as assistant professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Université de Moncton, then promoted to associate professor and finally was promoted to full professor in January 2008. Professor LeBlanc has been an active researcher and has obtained research grants from the NSERC. His fields of expertise are diffusion in stars, chemically peculiar stars and stellar atmospheres.Professor LeBlanc is responsible for the universitys observatory, has taught several undergraduate courses on general astronomy, astrophysics and space sciences, modern physics and introduction to nuclear physics and a graduate course on stellar astrophysics.
- ISBN: 978-0-470-69957-7
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 360
- Fecha Publicación: 09/04/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés