Research Catalog

Title

Stellar structure and evolution / R. Kippenhahn, A. Weigert.

Author

Kippenhahn, Rudolf, 1926-

Publication

Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, ©1990.

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Details

Additional Authors

Weigert, A. (Alfred), 1927-1992.

Description

xvi, 468 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Astronomy and astrophysics library

Uniform Title

Astronomy and astrophysics library.

Subject

• Stars > Structure
• Stars > Evolution
• 39.22 astrophysics
• Astrophysik
• Sternaufbau
• Sternentwicklung
• Sterevolutie
• Étoiles
• Étoiles > Structure

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-459) and index.

Contents

Coordinates, mass distribution, and gravitational field in spherical stars -- Conservation of momentum -- The Virial Theorem -- Conservation of energy -- Transport of energy by radiation and conduction -- Stability against local, non-spherical perturbations -- Transport of energy by convection -- The chemical composition -- The differential equations of stellar evolution -- Boundary conditions -- Numerical procedure -- Existence and uniqueness of solutions -- The ideal gas with radiation -- Ionization -- The degenerate electron gas -- The equation of state of stellar matter -- Opacity -- Nuclear energy production -- Polytropic gaseous spheres -- Homology relations -- Simple models in the U-V plane -- The main sequence -- Other main sequences -- The Hayashi line -- Stability considerations -- The onset of star formation -- The formation of protostars -- Pre-main-sequence contraction -- From the initial to the present sun -- Chemical evolution on the main sequence -- Evolution through helium burning--massive stars -- Evolution through helium burning--low-mass stars -- Later phases -- Final explosions and collapse -- White dwarfs -- Neutron stars -- Black holes -- Adiabatic spherical pulsations -- Non-adiabatic spherical pulsations -- Non-radical stellar oscillations -- The mechanics of rotating stellar models -- The thermodynamics of rotating stellar models --- THe angular-velocity distribution in stars.

ISBN

• 0387502114
• 9780387502113
• 3540502114
• 9783540502111
• 0387520114 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

89026143

OCLC

• ocm20669910
• 20669910
• SCSB-2102498

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library