Stellar Structure and Evolution

Institute of Physics eBooks, pp. 5–1

Abstract

Stars evolve. From the moment of birth, a star’s internal structure and appearance change with time. Some of these changes occur very slowly and hardly affect the local environment, but others are swift and have far-reaching repercussions. In this chapter, we review the basic evolution of stars and show how relatively simple stellar-evolution calculations can be conducted.

Authors 3

1. Simon Portegies Zwart Aachen

   Leiden University

   Affiliation as printed

   Leiden University

2. Steve McMillan

   Drexel University

   Affiliation as printed

   Drexel University

3. Steven Rieder

   University of Amsterdam

   Affiliation as printed

   Anton Pannekoek Instituut