A3 · Stellar evolution & nucleosynthesis
A 22-module path through a3 · stellar evolution & nucleosynthesis, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
- The Main Sequence
- Mass-Luminosity Relation
- Proton-Proton Chain
- CNO Cycle
- Nuclear Reaction Rates and the Gamow Peak
- Helium Burning and the Triple-Alpha Process
- Post-Main-Sequence Evolution and the Red Giant Branch
- Helium Flash and Horizontal Branch
- Asymptotic Giant Branch and Thermal Pulses
- Advanced Burning Stages in Massive Stars
- White Dwarfs and Electron Degeneracy Pressure
- The Chandrasekhar Mass
- Planetary Nebulae
- Core-Collapse Supernovae
- Type Ia Supernovae
- Explosive Nucleosynthesis
- The r-Process and s-Process
- Stellar Nucleosynthesis and the Origin of the Elements
- Neutron Star and Black Hole Formation
- Pair-Instability and Pulsational Supernovae
- Nucleosynthesis in Neutron Star Mergers