Learning Physics from the Stars: Its All in the Coefficients
Abstract
In this chapter, I present an overview and discussion of the basic equations of stellar structure, and show where the physics of stellar interiors appears within the coefficients of these famous equations. I discuss the basic input physics and weaknesses that we need to fix. Asteroseismology shows significant promise in helping us reduce those uncertainties and, in the process, improve our understanding of a variety of nasty physics problems. This chapter summarizes a series of lectures that were a part of the 22nd Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics, presented in November 2010.
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@article{arxiv.1109.3497,
title = {Learning Physics from the Stars: Its All in the Coefficients},
author = {Steven D. Kawaler},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.3497},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
This will appear as a chapter in "Asteroseismology", Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics, Volume XXII, edited by Pere L. Pall\'e, published by Cambridge University Press