Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Star formation and stellar evolution: an overview
- 2 Introduction to the physics of stellar interiors and the equations of stellar structure
- 3 Statistical physics
- 4 Absorption processes
- 5 Stellar atmospheres, convective envelopes and stellar winds
- 6 Thermonuclear reactions and nucleosynthesis
- 7 Weak interactions in stellar interiors
- 8 Stellar stability and hydrodynamics
- 9 Binary stars, mass accretion, stellar rotation and meridional circulation
- 10 Stellar magnetic fields
- 11 White dwarfs, novae and supernovae
- 12 General relativity
- 13 Neutron stars and black holes
- Appendix 1 Physical and astronomical constants
- Appendix 2 Further comments on the Dirac equation
- Appendix 3 Mathematical appendix
- Appendix 4 Polytropes and the isothermal gas sphere
- Appendix 5 Solutions to selected problems
- References
- Index
Appendix 1 - Physical and astronomical constants
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Star formation and stellar evolution: an overview
- 2 Introduction to the physics of stellar interiors and the equations of stellar structure
- 3 Statistical physics
- 4 Absorption processes
- 5 Stellar atmospheres, convective envelopes and stellar winds
- 6 Thermonuclear reactions and nucleosynthesis
- 7 Weak interactions in stellar interiors
- 8 Stellar stability and hydrodynamics
- 9 Binary stars, mass accretion, stellar rotation and meridional circulation
- 10 Stellar magnetic fields
- 11 White dwarfs, novae and supernovae
- 12 General relativity
- 13 Neutron stars and black holes
- Appendix 1 Physical and astronomical constants
- Appendix 2 Further comments on the Dirac equation
- Appendix 3 Mathematical appendix
- Appendix 4 Polytropes and the isothermal gas sphere
- Appendix 5 Solutions to selected problems
- References
- Index
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- Advanced Stellar Astrophysics , pp. 434Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1998