Structure and Evolution of Single Stars: An introduction

ISBN-13: 9781643278773 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 188 str.

James MacDonald

Spis treści

• Observational background
• The equations of stellar structure: mass conservation and hydrostatic equilibrium
• Energy considerations, the source of the Sun's energy, and energy transport
• Convective energy transport
• The equations of stellar evolution and how to solve them
• Physics of gas and radiation
• Ionization and recombination
• The degenerate electron gas
• Polytropes and the Chandrasekhar mass
• Opacity
• Nuclear reactions
• Neutrino energy loss processes
• Homology relations
• Hydrogen main sequence stars
• Helium main sequence stars
• The Hayashi line
• Star formation
• Evolution on the main sequence and beyond
• Evolution on the red giant branch
• Evolution from red giant to white dwarf
• Evolution of massive stars