Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part IV Transport processes, weak interaction processes, and helium-burning reactions
- 12 Particle diffusion and gravitational settling
- 13 Heat conduction by electrons
- 14 Beta decay and electron capture in stars at high densities
- 15 Current–current weak interactions and the production of neutrino–antineutrino pairs
- 16 Helium-burning nuclear reactions and energy-generation rates
- Part V Evolution during helium-burning phases
- Part VI Terminal evolution of low and intermediate mass stars
- Index
- References
14 - Beta decay and electron capture in stars at high densities
from Part IV - Transport processes, weak interaction processes, and helium-burning reactions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part IV Transport processes, weak interaction processes, and helium-burning reactions
- 12 Particle diffusion and gravitational settling
- 13 Heat conduction by electrons
- 14 Beta decay and electron capture in stars at high densities
- 15 Current–current weak interactions and the production of neutrino–antineutrino pairs
- 16 Helium-burning nuclear reactions and energy-generation rates
- Part V Evolution during helium-burning phases
- Part VI Terminal evolution of low and intermediate mass stars
- Index
- References
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- Chapter
- Information
- Stellar Evolution Physics , pp. 979 - 1010Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012