Stars and stellar evolution

Formation, the main sequence, and the endpoints that seed everything else.

Scope

• Star formation and the initial mass function
• Hydrostatic equilibrium and nuclear burning
• The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
• Post-main-sequence evolution
• White dwarfs, neutron stars and supernovae

Notes

Nothing written here yet. Working notes go in Research and Learning Lab; anything that becomes durable is promoted onto this page.

References

To be added as the topic is worked through.