Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK Includes a comprehensive literature review of amplitude modulation across the HertzsprungRussell (HR) diagram

Provides an overview of recent investigations and discoveries involving delta Scuti stars

Guides the reader through the detailed analyses of space- and ground-based photometry of delta Scuti stars

Includes one of the largest published catalogues of delta Scuti stars

Autorentext
Dominic Bowman is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Astronomy at KU Leuven in Belgium. His research interests include asteroseismology of intermediate-mass stars such as delta Scuti and roAp stars, and high-mass stars such as SPB and beta Cephei stars. One of his particular interests is the search and interpretation of observational signatures of internal gravity waves in stars with convective cores, which provides constraints for angular momentum transport and mixing in 3D hydrodynamical simulations. Dominc is currently involved in the asteroseismic working groups for the Kepler and TESS missions on main sequence A and F stars.

Inhalt
Introduction.- The Kepler Space Photometry Revolution.- The Delta Scuti Star KIC 7106205.- Kepler Observations of Delta Scuti Stars.- Amplitude Modulation in Delta Scuti Stars.- Characterising Pulsational Non-linearity.- Characterising Pulsational Non-linearity.- Conclusions and Future Work.