Theoretical Astrophysics Volume 2, Stars and Stellar Systems [Hardcover]

This authoritative text guides graduate students and researchers through the key physical processes governing stars and stellar systems.This second volume of a comprehensive three-volume course on theoretical astrophysics deals with stellar physics. Designed to help graduate students and researchers develop an understanding of the key physical processes governing stars and stellar systems, it teaches the fundamentals, and then builds on them to give the reader an in-depth understanding of advanced topics. It can be used alone or in conjunction with Volumes I and III (on astrophysical processes and on galaxies and cosmology, respectively). After reviewing the key observational results and nomenclature used in stellar astronomy, the book discusses stellar structure and evolution, the physics of stellar remnants, pulsars, binary stars, the sun and planetary systems, interstellar medium and globular clusters. More than seventy-five exercises test the reader's understanding.This second volume of a comprehensive three-volume course on theoretical astrophysics deals with stellar physics. Designed to help graduate students and researchers develop an understanding of the key physical processes governing stars and stellar systems, it teaches the fundamentals, and then builds on them to give the reader an in-depth understanding of advanced topics. It can be used alone or in conjunction with Volumes I and III (on astrophysical processes and on galaxies and cosmology, respectively). After reviewing the key observational results and nomenclature used in stellar astronomy, the book discusses stellar structure and evolution, the physics of stellar remnants, pulsars, binary stars, the sun and planetary systems, interstellar medium and globular clusters. More than seventy-five exercises test the reader's understanding.This second volume of a comprehensive three-volume work on theoretical astrophysics deals with stellar physics. After reviewing the key observational results and nol#*