Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Symbols
- Numerical values
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Observational properties of stars
- 3 The equations of stellar structure
- 4 The physics of stellar interiors
- 5 The structure of main sequence stars and pre-main-sequence evolution
- 6 Early post-main-sequence evolution and the ages of star clusters
- 7 Mass loss from stars
- 8 Close binary stars
- 9 Advanced evolutionary phases
- 10 The final stages of stellar evolution: white dwarfs, brown dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes
- 11 Concluding remarks
- Appendix 1 Thermodynamic equilibrium
- Appendix 2 The equation of radiative transfer
- Appendix 3 The pressure of a degenerate gas
- Suggestions for further reading
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Symbols
- Numerical values
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Observational properties of stars
- 3 The equations of stellar structure
- 4 The physics of stellar interiors
- 5 The structure of main sequence stars and pre-main-sequence evolution
- 6 Early post-main-sequence evolution and the ages of star clusters
- 7 Mass loss from stars
- 8 Close binary stars
- 9 Advanced evolutionary phases
- 10 The final stages of stellar evolution: white dwarfs, brown dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes
- 11 Concluding remarks
- Appendix 1 Thermodynamic equilibrium
- Appendix 2 The equation of radiative transfer
- Appendix 3 The pressure of a degenerate gas
- Suggestions for further reading
- Index
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- The StarsTheir Structure and Evolution, pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1994