Stellar Structure and Evolution

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

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ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS BRARY I. Appenzeller . M. Harwit . R. Kippenhahn P. A. Strittmatter . V. Trimble Tools of Radio Astronomy By K. Rohlfs Physics of the Galaxy and Interstellar Matter By H. Scheffler and H. Elsasser Galactic and Extragalactic Radio Astronomy 2nd Edition Editors: G. L. Verschuur and K. 1. Kellermann Observational Astrophysics By P. Lena Astrophysical Concepts By M. Harwit

2nd Edition

The Sun An Introduction By M. Stix Stellar Structure and Evolution By R. Kippenhahn and A. Weigert Relativity in Astrometry, Celestial Mechanics and Geodesy By M. H. Soffel General Relativity, Astrophysics, and Cosmology By A. K. Raychaudhuri, S. Banerji and A. Banerjee The Solar System By T. Encrenaz and I-P' Bibring Physics and Chemistry of Comets Editor: W F. Huebner Supernovae Editor: A. Petschek Astrophysics of Neutron Stars By V M. Lipunov Gravitational Lenses By P. Schneider, 1 Ehlers and E. E. Falco The Stars By E. L. Schatzman and F. Praderie

R. Kippenhahn A.Weigert

Stellar Structure and Evolution With 192 Figures

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Professor Dr. Rudolf Kippenhahn Rautenbreite 2, 0-37077 Gottingen, Germany

Professor Dr. Alfred Weigert

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Immo Appenzeller

Peter A. Strittmatter

Landessternwarte, Konigstuhl 0-69117 Heidelberg Germany

Steward Observatory The University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721, USA

Martin Harwit

Virginia Trimble

The National Air and Space Museum Smithsonian Institution 7th St. and Independence Ave. S. W. Washington, DC 20560, USA

Astronomy Program University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742, USA and Department of Physics University of California Irvine, CA 92717, USA

Rudolf Kippenhahn Rautenbreite 2 0-37077 Gottingen Germany

1st Edition 1990 Corrected 3rd Printing 1994 ISBN-13: 978-3-540-58013-3 001: 10.1007/978-3-642-61523-8

e-ISBN-13: 978-3-642-61523-8

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