Inside the stars /

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"Version: 20230801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Understanding the inside of the Sun. 1. A glimpse of the solar interior -- 2. The sun as a star -- 3. The role of radiation inside stars -- 4. The nature of star stuff -- 5. Discovering the source of solar energy6. Properties of the matter inside stars -- 6.1. The equation of state -- 6.2. Opacity calculations -- 6.3. Thermonuclear reaction ratespart II. A closer look at the solar interior -- 7. How our understanding of the present sun developed -- 8. Ghost particles from the center of the sun9. The sounds of sunlight -- 9.1. Distribution of sound speed in the sun -- 9.2. The depth of the solar convection zone -- 9.3. The density distribution in the sun -- 9.4. Distribution of angular velocity in the sun and the solar dynamopart III. From the sun to the stars -- 10. Properties of main sequence stars -- 10.1. The lower main sequence -- 10.2. The upper main sequence -- 10.3. H-burning lifetimes -- 11. Where do stars come from? -- 12. Failed stars : brown dwarfspart IV. Why and how stars evolve and die -- 13. What happens when a low-mass star exhausts its nuclear fuel? -- 13.1. From H core burning to H shell burning -- 13.2. Up the red giant branch -- 13.3. Ignition of He burning in low-mass stars -- 13.4. He core burning : the horizontal branch -- 13.5. Stellar mass loss -- 13.6. Comparing theory with observations -- 13.7. Beyond the horizontal branch14. How an intermediate-mass star becomes a white dwarf -- 14.1. From the ZAMS to the AGB -- 14.2. The thermally pulsing AGB -- 14.3. Mass loss, neutrino emission, and the central stars of planetary nebulae15. White dwarfs : fading embers of burnt-out stars -- 15.1. The spectra of white-dwarf stars -- 15.2. Determining the physical properties of white dwarfs -- 15.3. Pulsating white dwarfs and asteroseismology -- 15.4. Magnetic white dwarfs -- 15.5. The white dwarf luminosity function, core crystallization, and cosmochronology16. The evolution of high-mass stars and supernovae -- 16.1. Collapse of the iron core -- 16.2. Supernova 1987A -- 16.3. Other types of supernovae -- 16.4. How does a Type I supernova explode?17. Astrophysical alchemy : origins of the chemical elements -- 17.1. Big bang nucleosynthesis -- 17.2. The synthesis of the elements in stars18. Neutron stars -- 18.1. Inside a neutron star -- 18.2. Superfluid neutrons and superconducting protons -- 18.3. Neutron star binaries -- 19. Stellar-mass black holes and gravitational wavespart V. Stars with special characteristics -- 20. Pulsating stars -- 20.1. Varieties of stellar oscillation modes -- 20.2. The menagerie of pulsating stars21. Cataclysmic variables -- 21.1. Classical novae -- 21.2. Dwarf novae -- 21.3. Magnetic CVs -- 21.4. AM CVn stars22. The first stars -- 22.1. Formation of the first stars -- 22.2. Unique properties of the first stars -- 22.3. Evolution of the first stars -- 22.4. Deaths of the first stars -- 22.5. Supermassive Pop III stars : seeds of the SMBHs in the centers of galaxies -- 22.6. The first stars in the early universeAppendix A. Forms of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram -- Appendix B. Some physical properties of the sun -- Appendix C. Zero-age main sequence stars -- Appendix D. Electron degeneracy -- Appendix E. Properties of some brown dwarf stars -- Appendix F. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) -- Appendix G. Zero-age main sequence models for the first stars.This broad interest text describes how our current understanding of the interiors of the stars came about, beginning in 1870. It starts by discussing the development of our knowledge of the inside of the Sun, and continues on to compare the Sun's and other stars' properties and then discusses how stars form, evolve, and die. The book describes the properties of a variety of stars with special characteristics, and it ends with a discussion of the first stars that formed after the Big Bang. Aiming to show how interesting scientific investigations can encourage young men and women to pursue STEM careers, this book also underscores the role women have played in the development of our understanding.Older teenagers and adults of all ages, both women and men, who have an interest in astronomy.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.Hugh Van Horn received a Ph.D. from Cornell University and was a faculty member in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Rochester for almost three decades; he is now a professor emeritus of that University. He also served as the Director of the Division of Astronomical Sciences at the National Science Foundation. Van Horn is now an emeritus member of the American Astronomical Society and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. During his academic career, he published more than 100 technical papers in astrophysics and physics, and he has edited or written several books in these subjects.Title from PDF title page (viewed on September 5, 2023).

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