Life and Death of the Stars

• Main Author: Srinivasan, Ganesan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astrophysics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

This volume is devoted to one of the fascinating things about stars: how they evolve as they age. This evolution is different for stars of different masses. How stars end their lives when their supply of energy is exhausted also depends on their masses. Interestingly, astronomers conjectured about t...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: A Historical Perspective
• What Are the Stars?
• Stars in Their Youth
• White Dwarf Stars
• The Principles of Statistical Mechanics
• Fermi–Dirac Distribution
• Quantum Stars
• The Chandrasekhar Limit
• The Absurd Behaviour of Stars: Not All Stars Will Have Energy to Cool
• Guest Stars
• Supernovae, Neutron Stars and Black Holes
• A Profile of Chandra
• Part II: The Life History of Stars—A Modern Perspective
• To Burn or Not To Burn
• What Does the Future Hold for the Sun?
• Life History of Intermediate Mass Stars
• Diamonds in the Sky
• Exploding Stars.