Stellar Turbulence [electronic resource] : Proceedings of Colloquium 51 of the International Astronomical Union Held at the Universtiy of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada August 27–30, 1979 /

Stellar convection theory -- Instabilities in a polytropic atmosphere -- On the dynamics of the solar convection zone -- Thermal and continuum driven convection in B-stars -- The height dependence of granular motion -- Numerical simulation of the solar granulation -- Differential rotation in stars with convection zones -- Generation of oscillatory motions in the stellar atmosphere -- The evolution of an average solar granule -- Observed solar spectral line asymmetries and wavelength shifts due to convection -- Differential line shifts in late type stars -- Temporal and spatial fluctuations in widths of solar EUV lines -- Formation of the profiles of absorption lines in the inhomogeneous medium -- The determination of stellar turbulence by low resolution techniques -- Analysis of high resolution stellar line profiles -- Examples of non-thermal motions as seen on the sun -- Diagnostic use of FE II H & K wing emission lines -- Turbulence in main sequence stars -- Observational aspects of macroturbulence in early type stars -- Photospheric Macroturbulence in late-type stars -- Depth-dependence of turbulence in stellar atmospheres -- Turbulence in the atmospheres of eclipsing binary stars -- Differential line-shifts -- Time dependence of Balmer progression in the spectrum of HD 92207 -- Microturbulence : Age dependences -- High luminosity F-K stars motions and H? emissions -- Turbulence in the atmosphere of B-type starsmissions -- Mesoturbulence -- Stochastic approach -- The application of mesoturbulence to stellar atmospheres -- Effects of acoustic waves on spectral line profiles -- Some effects of strong acoustic waves on strong spectral lines -- Numerical simulation of granular convection: Effects on photospheric spectral line profiles -- Mechanical energy transport -- Stellar chromospheres -- Observations of the outer atmospheric regions of ? Orionis -- Stellar-winds and coronas in cool stars -- Relationship between envelope structure and energy source of non-thermal motions -- An analysis of microturbulence in the atmosphere of the F-type supergiant gamma cygni -- The solar chromospheric microturbulence and the emission observed at eclipse -- Excitation dependent gf-values and depth dependent microturbulences -- On the structural and stochastic motions in the solar and stellar atmospheres -- I U E observations of circumstellar lines and mass loss from B-star -- On the establishment of internally consistent abundance-oscillator strength scales -- Differential rotation and magnetic activity of the lower main sequence stars -- Changes of photospheric line asymmetries with effective temperature -- Small-scale versus large scale motions in the solar atmosphere derived from a non-LTE calculation of multiplet 38 of Ti I -- Effects of flux tubes on conventional chromospheric diagnostics -- Summary.

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Main Authors:	Gray, David F. editor., Linsky, Jeffery L. editor., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1980
Subjects:	Physics., Observations, Astronomical., Astronomy, Astrophysics., Astronomy, Observations and Techniques., Astrophysics and Astroparticles.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-09737-6
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