Teoretična astrofizika

Polytropic model (continued)

• the Chandrasekhar mass
• the Eddington luminosity
• the Standard (or Eddington) model

Nuclear processes in stars

• nuclear reaction rates
  
• Hydrogen, Helium, Carbon and Oxigen, Silicon burning
• Heavy elements (r and s processes)
• pair production
• Iron photodisintegration
  

Literatura: D. Prialnik, Chap. 5, Chap. 4