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Stellar Structure and Evolution

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  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. Rudolf Kippenhahn

    1. Göttingen, Germany

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  2. Alfred Weigert
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Part of the book series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library (AAL)

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Table of contents (43 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. The Basic Equations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Coordinates, Mass Distribution, and Gravitational Field in Spherical Stars

      • Rudolf Kippenhahn, Alfred Weigert
      Pages 2-5

    3. Conservation of Momentum

      • Rudolf Kippenhahn, Alfred Weigert
      Pages 6-14

    4. The Virial Theorem

      • Rudolf Kippenhahn, Alfred Weigert
      Pages 15-18

    5. Conservation of Energy

      • Rudolf Kippenhahn, Alfred Weigert
      Pages 19-26

    6. Transport of Energy by Radiation and Conduction

      • Rudolf Kippenhahn, Alfred Weigert
      Pages 27-35

    7. Stability Against Local, Non-spherical Perturbations

      • Rudolf Kippenhahn, Alfred Weigert
      Pages 36-47

    8. Transport of Energy by Convection

      • Rudolf Kippenhahn, Alfred Weigert
      Pages 48-55

    9. The Chemical Composition

      • Rudolf Kippenhahn, Alfred Weigert
      Pages 56-62

  3. The Overall Problem

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. The Differential Equations of Stellar Evolution

      • Rudolf Kippenhahn, Alfred Weigert
      Pages 64-67

    3. Boundary Conditions

      • Rudolf Kippenhahn, Alfred Weigert
      Pages 68-76

    4. Numerical Procedure

      • Rudolf Kippenhahn, Alfred Weigert
      Pages 77-84

    5. Existence and Uniqueness of Solutions

      • Rudolf Kippenhahn, Alfred Weigert
      Pages 85-99

  4. Properties of Stellar Matter

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. The Ideal Gas with Radiation

      • Rudolf Kippenhahn, Alfred Weigert
      Pages 102-106

    3. Ionization

      • Rudolf Kippenhahn, Alfred Weigert
      Pages 107-117

    4. The Degenerate Electron Gas

      • Rudolf Kippenhahn, Alfred Weigert
      Pages 118-128

    5. The Equation of State of Stellar Matter

      • Rudolf Kippenhahn, Alfred Weigert
      Pages 129-136
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About this book

The attempt to understand the physics of the structure of stars and their change in time - their evolution - has been bothering many physicists and astronomers ever since the last century. This long chain of successful research is well documented not only by numerous papers in the corresponding journals but also by a series of books. Some of them are so excellently written that despite their age they can still be recommended, and not only as documents of the state of the art at that time. A few outstanding examples are the books of R. Emden (1907), A. S. Eddington (1926), S. Chandrasekhar (1939), and M. Schwarzschild (1958). But our science has rapidly expanded in the last few decades, and new aspects have emerged which could not even be anticipated, say, 30 years ago and which today have to be carefully explored. This does not mean, however, that our ambition is to present a complete account of the latest and most refined numerical results. This can well be left to the large and growing number of excellent review articles. The present book is intended rather to be a textbook that will help students and teachers to understand these results as far as possible and present them in a simple and clear manner. We know how difficult this is since we ourselves have tried for the largest part of our scientific career to understand "how the stars work" - and then to make others believe it.

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"... many excellent volumes on this subject have been written. In my opinion, this one is the best."
D.L. Faulkner in: Australian & New Zealand Physicist, 1995

"Will clearly be the standard text in the subject."
N.H. Baker, Columbia University

"Kippenhahn and Weigert's work compares favorably with the few similar works, many of which are now out of date. It is superior to some others in eschewing elegance of mathematical analysis in favor of a comprehensive understanding of the observed and deduced properties of stars, from their initial formation to their final collapse."
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Göttingen, Germany

    Rudolf Kippenhahn

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Stellar Structure and Evolution

  • Authors: Rudolf Kippenhahn, Alfred Weigert

  • Series Title: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61523-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-58013-3Published: 28 July 1994

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-61523-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0941-7834

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-9698

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 468

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles

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