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Stellar evolution keywords
(i.e., Stellar evolution
keywords):
accretion disk,
asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars,
binary stars,
black dwarfs,
black holes,
bright giants,
brown dwarfs,
compact remnants
(white dwarfs,
neutron stars,
black holes),
convection,
convection zone,
G2 V star (e.g., the Sun),
gigayears (Gyr),
globular clusters,
gravitational potential energy,
gravity,
H II regions,
heat energy,
helium (He),
helium (He-3),
helium-4 (He-4)
(e.g., alpha particle (He-4 nucleus)),
helium shell flashes
(AKA thermal pulses),
Hertzsprung-Russell (HR) diagram,
horizontal branch,
horizontal branch stars,
hydrogen (H),
hydrogen burning,
hypergiants,
kinetic energy,
luminosity,
luminosity class,
main sequence,
main-sequence stars,
metalliticity,
metals,
multiple star systems,
neutrinos (ν)
(electron neutrinos (ν_e)),
neutrons (n),
neutron stars,
nuclear binding energy,
nuclear burning,
nuclear fusion,
nuclear physics,
nuclear reactions,
nuclei,
OB associations,
OBAFGKM stellar
classification system,
open star clusters,
photons,
photosphere,
photospheric temperature
(color temperature,
effective temperature),
planetary nebulae,
protons (p+),
proton-proton (pp) chain reaction
(pp I chain reaction branch),
pulsars,
radiative transfer,
red dwarfs,
red giants,
rest mass,
Roche lobe,
solar mass M_☉ = 1.98855(25)*10**30 kg,
stars,
star clusters
(open star clusters,
globular clusters),
star formation,
star formation rate (SFR),
stellar associations,
stellar atmosphere
stellar core
(core),
stellar evolution,
stellar magnetic fields
stellar mass,
stellar populations
(Population I stars,
Population II stars,
Population III stars),
stellar rotation,
stellar winds,
strong nuclear force,
subgiants,
subdwarf stars,
supergiants
(blue supergiants,
yellow supergiants
red supergiants),
Sun,
supernovae
(core collapse supernovae,
SNe Ia (Type Ia supernovae)),
supernova remnants,
thermal pulses
(AKA helium shell flashes),
weak nuclear force,
white dwarfs,
Wien's law,
zero-age main sequence (ZAMS).