Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis

by Sean G. Ryan and Andrew Norton

Book Overview

This self-contained astrophysics textbook for advanced undergraduates explores how stars form, what happens to them as they age, and what becomes of them when they die. Students can investigate the physical processes sustaining the energy output of stars during each stage of their evolution and which drive the progression from one stage to the next, and examine the relationship between different stages of stellar evolution and the production of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521133203
• ISBN13: 9780521133203
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.2" x 10.3"