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1 online resource |
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Cover -- Half Title page -- Endorsements -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Properties of Stars -- 1.1 Observing the Sun -- 1.2 Observing Other Stars -- 1.3 Correlations among Properties -- 1.4 Observing Clusters of Stars -- Exercises -- 2 Equations of Stellar Structure -- 2.1 Stars Conserve Mass -- 2.2 Stars Are in Hydrostatic Equilibrium -- 2.3 Stars Are in Thermal Equilibrium -- 2.4 Stars Transport Energy -- Exercises -- 3 Equations of State -- 3.1 Central Pressure of Stars -- 3.2 Quantum Statistics -- 3.3 Ideal Gas Pressure -- 3.4 Degeneracy Pressure |
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3.5 Radiation Pressure -- Exercises -- 4 Stellar Energy Transport -- 4.1 Opacity -- 4.2 Convection -- 4.3 Mixing Length Theory -- 4.4 Convective Overshoot -- Exercises -- 5 Stars as Fusion Reactors -- 5.1 Quantum Tunneling and Fusion -- 5.2 Energy Generation and Composition Change -- 5.3 The pp Chain -- 5.4 The CNO Bi-cycle -- 5.5 Triple Alpha and Beyond -- Exercises -- 6 Main Sequence Stars -- 6.1 Internal Structure -- 6.2 Polytropes -- 6.3 Homology -- 6.4 Solar Models -- 6.5 Zero Age Main Sequence Models -- Exercises -- 7 Star Formation: Before the Main Sequence |
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7.1 Molecular Clouds and Instability -- 7.2 Isothermal Collapse and Fragmentation -- 7.3 Protostars -- 7.4 Pre-Main Sequence Stars -- 7.5 Birthline and Deuterium Burning -- 7.6 Initial Mass Function -- Exercises -- 8 Evolved Stars: After the Main Sequence -- 8.1 Building a Helium Core -- 8.2 Schönberg-Chandrasekhar Limit -- 8.3 Shell Hydrogen Burning and Red Giants -- 8.4 Helium Ignition and Core Helium Burning -- 8.5 Asymptotic Giant Branch -- 8.6 Making s-Process Elements -- 8.7 Superwinds and Planetary Nebulae -- Exercises -- 9 Ex-Stars -- 9.1 White Dwarfs -- 9.2 Neutron Stars and Black Holes |
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9.3 Core Collapse Supernovae -- 9.4 Making r-Process Elements -- Exercises -- 10 Rotating Stars -- 10.1 Effects of Rotation on Structure -- 10.2 Meridional Circulation -- 10.3 Angular Momentum Transport -- 10.4 Rotation and Star Formation -- 10.5 Rotation on the Main Sequence -- 10.6 Stellar Winds and Angular Momentum -- Exercises -- 11 Pulsating Stars -- 11.1 Adiabatic Radial Pulsations -- 11.2 Non-adiabatic Radial Pulsations -- 11.3 Adiabatic Non-radial Pulsations -- 11.4 Observational Asteroseismology -- Exercises -- 12 Binary Stars -- 12.1 Observed Properties of Binaries |
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12.2 Close Binaries -- 12.3 Cataclysmic Variables -- 12.4 Banging Stars Together -- Exercises -- Appendix A Constants and Units -- Appendix B Properties of Example Stars -- Further Reading, Bibliography, and Figure Credits -- Index |
| Summary |
This textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in astronomy aims to develop a physical understanding of the fundamental principles that dictate stellar properties. Focusing on key physical processes without going into encyclopedic depth, the authors explain the life cycle of stars in a broad contemporary context |
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Stars -- Structure.
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Stars -- Evolution.
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Stars -- Evolution
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Stars -- Structure
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ryden, Barbara Sue, author
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| ISBN |
9781108857994 |
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110885799X |
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