Extragalactic novae : a historical perspective /

Extragalactic Novae: A historical perspective takes the reader on a journey chronicling the study of a class of eruptive variable stars known as "Novae Stella", Latin for "New Stars". These mysterious transient objects, now referred to simply as novae, have been recognized since...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shafter, Allen Wayne, 1955- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2019]
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 6.
AAS-IOP astronomy. Release 1.
Temas:
Stars, New.
Galaxies & stars.
SCIENCE / Astronomy.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • part I. Foundations. 1. The early history of the transient sky
  • 1.1. The nebulae
  • 1.2. Novae in nebulae!
  • 2. Novae and the nature of spiral nebulae
  • 2.1. Proper motions and spiral nebulae
  • 2.2. Novae and nebulae
  • 2.3. The great debate
  • 2.4. The birth of extragalactic astronomy
  • 2.5. Hubble's survey: the Mount Wilson Nova Collection
  • 2.6. Novae and supernovae
  • 2.7. The maximum-magnitude rate-of-decline relation
  • 3. Early photographic surveys
  • 3.1. Zwicky's pioneering supernova search
  • 3.2. Arp's M31 nova survey
  • 3.3. Rosino's survey at Asiago
  • 3.4. Sharov and Alksnis wide-field survey
  • 3.5. The Capaccioli et al. study
  • 4. A physical model for novae
  • 4.1. The cataclysmic variable stars
  • 4.2. Thermonuclear runaway models
  • 4.3. Spectroscopic classes of novae
  • part II. The modern era. 5. Nova rates and populations in the Milky Way
  • 5.1. Two nova populations?
  • 5.2. The galactic nova rate
  • 6. Modern nova surveys of M31
  • 6.1. Hα nova surveys of M31
  • 6.2. The role of amateur astronomers
  • 6.3. Microlensing surveys
  • 6.4. The automated surveys
  • 6.5. Spectroscopic surveys of local group novae
  • 6.6. X-ray and infrared surveys of novae in M31
  • 7. Extragalactic nova rates and populations
  • 7.1. Measuring extragalactic nova rates
  • 7.2. Nova rates in the local group
  • 7.3. Beyond the local group
  • 7.4. Novae in globular clusters
  • 7.5. Nova rates across the Hubble sequence
  • 8. Outstanding questions and future prospects
  • 8.1. The luminosity function of novae
  • 8.2. The MMRD relation revisited
  • 8.3. The nature of the faint and fast nova population
  • 8.4. Recurrent nova populations
  • 8.5. Outstanding questions concerning nova populations
  • 8.6. Final thoughts.

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