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'Understanding Stellar Evolution' is based on a series of graduate-level courses taught at the University of Washington since 2004, and is written for physics and astronomy students and for anyone with a physics background who is interested in stars. It describes the structure and evolution of stars, with emphasis on the basic physical principles and the interplay between the different processes inside stars such as nuclear reactions, energy transport, chemical mixing, pulsation, mass loss, and rotation. Based on these principles, the evolution of low- and high-mass stars is explained from their formation to their death. In addition to homework exercises for each chapter, the text contains a large number of questions that are meant to stimulate the understanding of the physical principles. An extensive set of accompanying lecture slides is available for teachers in both Keynote® and PowerPoint® formats. Latest version updated 22 July 2022.
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Online ISBN: 978-0-7503-1278-3 • Print ISBN: 978-0-7503-1279-0
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This would be a very useful textbook to give to new graduate students in stellar evolution, and should stimulate them to go beyond the text to become experts in the field.
Robert C. Smith 2019 Contemporary Physics, Taylor & Francis