Stellar Evolution and Modelling Stars

2017/07/05 by Víctor Silva Aguirre
Physics and Astronomy · Social Sciences · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Educational Leadership and Practices #Stars #Stellar collision #Stellar evolution #Stellar physics #Stellar structure #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-59315-9_1

Lecture presented at the IVth Azores International Advanced School in Space Sciences on "Asteroseismology and Exoplanets: Listening to the Stars and Searching for New Worlds" (arXiv:1709.00645), which took place in Horta, Azores Islands, Portugal in July 2016

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Abstract

In this chapter I give an overall description of the structure and evolution of stars of different masses, and review the main ingredients included in state-of-the-art calculations aiming at reproducing observational features. I give particular emphasis to processes where large uncertainties still exist as they have strong impact on stellar properties derived from large compilations of tracks and isochrones, and are therefore of fundamental importance in many fields of astrophysics.

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