Some properties of stars -- The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram -- Stellar equations of state -- Hydrostatic and thermal equilibrium -- Thermonuclear reactions in stars -- Stellar burning processes -- Energy transport in stars -- Summary of stellar equations -- The formation of stars -- Life and times on themain sequence -- Flavor oscillations of solar neutrinos -- Solar neutrinos and the MSW effect -- Evolution of lower-mass stars -- Evolution of higher-mass stars -- Stellar pulsations and variability -- White dwarfs and neutron stars -- Black holes -- Accreting binary systems -- Nova explosions and X-ray bursts -- Supernovae -- Gamma-ray bursts -- Gravitational waves and stellar evolution
Summary
"This book contains material used in an advanced undergraduate astronomy course on stellar structure and stellar evolution that I teach regularly at the University of Tennessee. The goal of the course and of the book is to provide an introduction that is topically current and accessible to a reader with some physics but minimal astrophysics background"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 22, 2019)
