Published 1990 | Version v1
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Einstein and stellar sources

Creators

  • 1. Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO (USA)
  • 2. National Inst. of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (USA)
  • 3. Joint Inst. for Lab. Astrophysics, Boulder, CO (USA)

Description

Only 10 years ago the initial Einstein observations excited the astronomical world with discoveries of new phenomena and the confrontation of theory with the real world. Stellar astronomy was especially blessed by the pleasant but unanticipated discovery that nearly all classes of stars are x-ray sources. The conventional wisdom then was that stellar coronae are heated by acoustic waves generated in stellar convective zones. Major conclusions about stellar coronae from Einstein data are summarized and outstanding work for the AXAF project noted. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press.
Imprint Place
Cambridge (UK)
ISBN
0 521 38105 3
Imprint Title
Imaging X-ray astronomy: a decade of Einstein Observatory achievements
Imprint Pagination
348 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 39-59.

Conference

Title
a decade of Einstein Observatory achievements.
Acronym
Symposium on imaging X-ray astronomy
Dates
13-15 Nov 1988.
Place
Cambridge, MA (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
22036086
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BINARY STARS; COSMIC X-RAY SOURCES; ENERGY RESOLUTION; GAMMA ASTRONOMY; MAIN SEQUENCE STARS; STAR EVOLUTION; STELLAR CORONAE; TELESCOPES; X-RAY DETECTION
Descriptors DEC
ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERES; COSMIC RAY SOURCES; DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTION; RESOLUTION; STARS; STELLAR ATMOSPHERES