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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: James MacDonaldPublisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers Imprint: Morgan & Claypool Publishers Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.333kg ISBN: 9781681740416ISBN 10: 1681740419 Pages: 188 Publication Date: 30 December 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsObservational background The equations of stellar structure: mass conservation and hydrostatic equilibrium Energy considerations, the source of the Sun's energy, and energy transport Convective energy transport The equations of stellar evolution and how to solve them Physics of gas and radiation Ionization and recombination The degenerate electron gas Polytropes and the Chandrasekhar mass Opacity Nuclear reactions Neutrino energy loss processes Homology relations Hydrogen main sequence stars Helium main sequence stars The Hayashi line Star formation Evolution on the main sequence and beyond Evolution on the red giant branch Evolution from red giant to white dwarf Evolution of massive starsReviewsAuthor InformationThe author received his PhD in Astronomy from Cambridge University in 1979. Following postdoctoral positions at the Universities of Sussex and Illinois and Arizona State University, USA he joined the University of Delaware in 1985 where he is now a Professor of Physics and Astronomy. His scientific expertise is the study of the structure and evolution of stars. Recent work has focused on low mass main sequence stars and brown dwarfs. He has published over 80 papers in peer-reviewed journals. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |