Icko IbenCambridge University PressEdition: Illustrated, 12/13/2012EAN 9781107602533, ISBN10: 110760253XHardcover, 1528 pages, 25.1 x 20.3 x 7.4 cmLanguage: EnglishIn Stellar Evolution Physics, Icko Iben describes the microscopic physics operating in stars and how stars respond macroscopically, showing the intricate interplay between these processes. Volume 1, intended for graduate students with a solid background in physics, covers the processes up to the onset of helium burning. Volume 2 builds on these principles, covering models of low and intermediate mass stars, the AGB phase, the final cooling white dwarf phase and a model for a massive star. Particular attention is given to the gravothermal responses to nuclear reaction-induced transformations in the interior and energy loss from the surface, responses at the heart of stellar evolution. The volumes include over 600 illustrations and many numerical solutions in order to prepare the reader to program and calculate evolutionary models for themselves. Taken together, the two volumes will prepare a graduate student for professional-level research in this key area of astrophysics.Volume 1Part I. Introduction and Overview1. Qualitative description of single and binary star evolution2. Quantitative foundations of stellar evolution theoryPart II. Basic Physical Processes in Stellar Interiors3. Properties of and physical processes in the interiors of main sequence stars – order of magnitude estimates4. Statistical physics, thermodynamics, and equations of state5. Polytropes and single zone modelselementary tools for understanding some aspects of stellar structure and evolution6. Hydrogen-burning nuclear reactions and energy-generation rates7. Photon-matter interactions and opacity8. Equations of stellar evolution and methods of solutionPart III. Pre-Main Sequence, Main Sequence, and Shell Hydrogen Burning Evolution of Single Stars9. Star formation and evolution to the main-sequence10. Solar structure and neutrino physics11. Evolution during core hydrogen-burning phases up to the onset of helium burningVolume 2Part IV. Transport Processes, Weak Interaction Processes and Helium-Burning Reactions12. Diffusion and gravitational settling13. Heat conduction by electrons14. Beta decay and electron capture at high densities in stars15. The current-current weak interaction and the production of neutrino-antineutrino pairs16. Helium-burning nuclear reactions and energy-generation ratesPart V. Evolution during Helium-Burning Phases17. Evolution of a low mass model burning helium and hydrogen18. Evolution of an intermediate mass model burning helium and hydrogen19. Neutron production and neutron capture in a thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch star of intermediate mass20. Evolution of a massive population I model during helium- and carbon-burning stagesPart VI. Terminal Evolution of Low and Intermediate Mass Stars21. Wind mass loss on the AGB and formation of a circumstellar envelope, evolution of the remnant as the central star of a planetary nebula, and white dwarf evolutionIndex.
Related
Related
Related