Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Hydrostatic equilibrium
- 3 Thermal equilibrium
- 4 The opacities
- 5 Convective instability
- 6 Theory of convective energy transport
- 7 Depths of the outer convection zones
- 8 Energy generation in stars
- 9 Basic stellar structure equations
- 10 Homologous stars in radiative equilibrium
- 11 Influence of convection zones on stellar structure
- 12 Calculation of stellar models
- 13 Models for main sequence stars
- 14 Evolution of low mass stars
- 15 Evolution of massive stars
- 16 Late stages of stellar evolution
- 17 Observational tests of stellar evolution theory
- 18 Pulsating stars
- 19 The Cepheid mass problem
- 20 Star formation
- Appendix Radiative energy transport in stars
- Problems
- References
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 January 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Hydrostatic equilibrium
- 3 Thermal equilibrium
- 4 The opacities
- 5 Convective instability
- 6 Theory of convective energy transport
- 7 Depths of the outer convection zones
- 8 Energy generation in stars
- 9 Basic stellar structure equations
- 10 Homologous stars in radiative equilibrium
- 11 Influence of convection zones on stellar structure
- 12 Calculation of stellar models
- 13 Models for main sequence stars
- 14 Evolution of low mass stars
- 15 Evolution of massive stars
- 16 Late stages of stellar evolution
- 17 Observational tests of stellar evolution theory
- 18 Pulsating stars
- 19 The Cepheid mass problem
- 20 Star formation
- Appendix Radiative energy transport in stars
- Problems
- References
- Index
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- Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics , pp. 283 - 285Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1992