TABLE OF CONTENTS,
(1) Pre main sequence evolution,
(2) Process in the pre main sequence stage,
(3) What is the main sequence in astronomy?
(4) What
... [Show More] comes first protostar or main sequence?
(5) Definition of main sequence
(6) The Hayashi Track,
(7) What can we learn from the Hayashi track?
(8) Post main sequence evolution,
(9) What happens after the main sequence?
(10)What phase is after main sequence?
(11)Massive stars,
(12)How are massive stars formed?
(13)What are massive stars made of?
(14)What is a massive star called?
(15)Supernova,
(16)Is supernova a black hole?
(17)Different types of supernova,
(18)What type of supernova creates a black hole?
(19)What is left after a supernova?
(20)Neutron stars,
(21)Neutron star structure,
(22)Black holes definition,
(23)What is a black hole made of?
(24)How is black hole created?
(25)Can we destroy a black hole?
(26)What are two possible causes of gamma-ray bursts?
(27)Merging of neutron stars and black holes,
(28)What can destroy a black hole?
(29)Post-main sequence evolution,
(30)What are the stages of stellar evolution?
(31)White dwarfs,
(32)Structure of white dwarf,
(33)What is a white dwarf made of?
(34)How long can a white dwarf live?
(35)Low-mass stars,
(36)Composition of a low mass star,
(37)How are low mass stars formed?
(38)What is an example of a low mass star?
(39)Planetary nebulae definition,
(40)How does planetary nebulae formed?
(41)Why is it called a planetary nebula?
(42)What elements are in a planetary nebula?
(43)Initial mass function,
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Phillips, A.C., The Physics of Stars, Wiley, 2nd Edition, 1999
Ostlie, D.A. & Carroll, B.W., An Introduction to Modern Stellar Astrophysics, Addison-Wesley, 1996, 2nd Edition 2013
Tayler, R.J., The Stars: Their Structure and Evolution, Cambridge University Press, 1994 Green, S. & Jones, M., An Introduction to the Sun and Stars, Cambridge University Press, 2004
Gray, D.F., The Observation and Analysis of Stellar Photospheres, 3rd Edition, Cambridge University Press, 2008 [Show Less]