Stellar evolution

The large-scale, systematic, and irreversible changes over time of the structure and composition of a star over time. All stars have "lives" in the sense that they are born, age, and die. A stellar "death," or end stage of evolution, ranges from an eons-long smolder as a white dw...

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Main Author: James B. Kaler
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Language:English
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Summary:The large-scale, systematic, and irreversible changes over time of the structure and composition of a star over time. All stars have "lives" in the sense that they are born, age, and die. A stellar "death," or end stage of evolution, ranges from an eons-long smolder as a white dwarf for typical stars, to explosive self-destruction as a supernova for massive stars. The initial mass of a star is the overwhelmingly determinative property of the evolutionary path that the star will follow (Fig. 1). Star
DOI:10.1036/1097-8542.654000