New Windows on Massive Stars (IAU S307)
Asteroseismology, Interferometry and Spectropolarimetry

A summary of new and innovative techniques used to investigate and understand massive stars, for researchers and graduate students.

Georges Meynet (Edited by), Cyril Georgy (Edited by), José Groh (Edited by), Philippe Stee (Edited by)

9781107078581, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 12 February 2015

500 pages, 100 b/w illus.
25.5 x 18 x 2.5 cm, 1 kg

Massive stars play a crucial role in the Universe: they are important drivers for the photometric and chemical evolution of galaxies; they are sources of important elements, including those necessary for life; and, with their strong winds and supernova explosions, they feed the interstellar medium with momentum and kinetic energy, impacting on the star formation rate. Knowledge of the evolution of massive stars is important not only for stellar physics, but also for probing the evolution of galaxies and their star formation histories throughout cosmic time. This volume provides an introduction to these topics and to the techniques used to investigate the properties of massive stars, including asteroseismology, spectropolarimetry, and interferometry. It highlights synergies between these new techniques and more classical methods, to create a synthetic view of massive stars, leading researchers towards new and innovative solutions to the most topical questions regarding the evolution of massive stars.

Preface
1. Challenges in massive star evolution
2. Asteroseismology
3. Interferometry
4. Spectropolarimetry
5. Synergies between different techniques
6. Towards a synthetic view
Author index.

Subject Areas: Galaxies & stars [PGM], Astronomy, space & time [PG], Mathematics & science [P]