Nonlinear Phenomena in Stellar Variability - by M Takeuti & J R Buchler & Mine Takeuti (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

A Dynamical Systems Approach to Nonlinear Stellar Pulsations.- Patterns of Aperiodic Pulsation.- Characterisation of the Dynamics of a Variable Star.- An Overview of Stellar Pulsation Theory.- Nonlinear Oscillations and Beats in the Beta Canis Majoris Stars.- One Zone Modeling of Irregular Variability of Stellar Convective Envelope.- Accretion Disk Instabilities.- Motion of a Charged Particle around a Black Hole Permeated by Magnetic Field and Its Chaotic Characters.- Nonlinear Expansion Triggered by Magnetic Stress in Accretion Flow onto a Black Hole.- Variability of X-Ray Emission from Cen X-3 Observed with Ginga.- Spatial Pattern Formation of Interstellar Medium.- Supergiant Variables: Recent Observational Results.- The Aavso Database of Variable Star Observations.- Theoretical Modes Fitting on Miras Light Curves.- On the Observed Complexity of Chaotic Stellar Pulsation.- Predicting Variable Star Light Curves.- Chaotic Behavior and Statistical Analysis of Some Mira and SR Stars.- Understanding Changes in Period Ratios.- On the Application of Fourier Decomposition Parameters.- Line-Profiles of F Supergiant Stars as Candidates of Proto-Planetary Nebulae.- Low Amplitude New Type Variable Stars in Globular Clusters.- Stellar Pulsation: (I) Analysis of Stability of Envelope.- Stellar Pulsation: (II) Multiple Distinct Shells.- Long-Term Amplitude and Period Variations of Delta Scuti Stars: A Sign of Chaos?.- The Delta Scuti Star GX Pegasi: A Theoretical Investigation of Its Power Spectrum.- Short-Term Amplitude Variation of FM Com (=HR 4684).- Period Variations and Evolution of Delta Scuti Variables.- Physical Characters of HD 93044.- Period Analysis of the Delta Scuti Star HD 93044.- Observation of a Variable, ZZ Ceti White Dwarf: GD 154.- Observation and Statistical Analysis of ZZ Piscium.- Nonlinear, Nonradial Pulsation in Rapidly Oscillating Ap Stars.- Period Variation of BW Vul.- Nonradial Oscillations in Zeta Ophiuchi in 1991.- The Onset of Quasi-Periodic Variations in Be Stars.- Optical Observations of FY Persei.- Some Insights into Stellar Structure from Nonlinear Pulsations.- Capabilities of the Optical Monitor for the Research in X-Ray Source and Stellar Variability.- Wind Variability of Lbv Stars.- Variability in Active Galactic Nuclei.- Fourier Analysis of the Hydrodynamic Limit-Cycle Models of Pulsating Stars.- Bifurcation in Hydrodynamic Models of Stellar Pulsation.- Double-Mode Stellar Pulsation.- Period Doubling with Hysteresis in BL Her-Type Models.- Nonlinear RR Lyrae Models with New Livermore Opacities.- A Linear and Nonlinear Study of Mira.- Radial and Nonradial Periods and Growth Rates of an AI Velorum Model.- The Importance of Radiative Transfer in Stellar Pulsation Models.- Hydrodynamics and Multi-Level Non-Lte Radiative Transfer in Pulsating Atmospheres: Cepheids.- New Opacities and First Overtone Mode Cepheids.- Coupled Oscillators.- An Oscillator Model for Stellar Variability.- The Coupling Coefficients of Pulsation for Radiative Stellar Models.- The Coupling Coefficients of Radial Pulsation in Third Order.- The Role of Convection in Reducing Nonadiabaticity and Mode Coupling in Cepheids.- The Effect of Convection in Nonlinear One-Zone Stellar Models.- A Unified Model of Dwarf Nova Outbursts Based on the Disk Instability.- Pulsational Instability of Accretion Disks around Compact Objects.- Numerical Simulations of Pulsationally Unstable Accretion Disks around Supermassive Black Holes.- Long-Term V/R Variations of Be Stars Due to Global One-Armed Oscillations of Equatorial Disks.- A Simplified Model for a Nonlinear Tidal Effect on Accretion Disks in CVs.- List of Participants.