Stellar Structure and Evolution

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Hydrostatic Equilibrium	Schwarzschild *Clayton Cox and Giuli	Chapter II, pp. 30-31 pp. 130-134 pp. 16-17
Virial Theorem	Schwarzschild Clayton *Cox and Giuli	-- pp. 134-136 pp. 402-414
Thermal Equilibrium	Schwarzschild Clayton Cox and Giuli	pp. 35-37 pp. 167-170 pp. 129-133, 417-420
Radiative Transfer	*Schwarzschild Clayton Cox and Giuli	pp. 37-44 pp. 170-183 pp. 134-157
Convection	*Schwarzschild Clayton Cox and Giuli	pp. 44-52 pp. 252-259 pp. 262-325
Adiabatic Exponents	Clayton *Cox and Giuli	pp. 117-120, 123-130 pp. 206-231, 257-261
Equation of State	*Schwarzschild Clayton Cox and Giuli	pp. 52-62 pp. 79-112 pp. 233-256 (I) pp. 781-873 (II)
Opacity	*Schwarzschild Clayton Cox and Giuli	pp. 73-88 pp. 185-232 pp. 353-397 (I)
Nuclear Reactions	Schwarzschild Clayton Cox and Giuli	pp. 73-88 pp. 281-435 pp. 422-512 (I)
Neutrino Reactions	Schwarzschild Clayton Cox and Giuli	-- pp. 259-282 pp. 512-523 (I)
Vogt-Russell Theorem	*Schwarzschild Clayton Cox and Giuli	pp. 96-101 pp. 436-446 pp. 569-579
Homologous Stars	*Cox and Giuli Cox and Giuli	pp. 680-689 pp. 689-702
Polytropes	Clayton *Cox and Giuli	pp. 155-165 pp. 703-713 (II)
Outer Stellar Layers	*Schwarzschild Clayton Cox and Giuli	pp. 89-95 -- pp. 587-643 (II)
Convective Stars Hayashi Track/ Forbidden Region	*Clayton Cox and Giuli	pp. 462-465 pp. 736-759 (II)
Numerical Techniques Henyey or Relaxation Method	Schwarzschild *Clayton Cox and Giuli	-- pp. 451-462 pp. 672-679 (II)
Star Formation -- Pre- Main Sequence Evolution	*Clayton Cox and Giuli	pp. 462-469 pp. 958-977
Main Sequence Evolution	Clayton Cox and Giuli	pp. 470-484 pp. 977-986
Post Main Sequence Evolution	Clayton	pp. 484-497
Comparison with Observations	*Iben 1974, Ann. Rev., 12, 215 in Stellar Evolution, Chiu and Muriel eds. Iben, 1971, PASP, 83, 496.
Advanced Stages of Evolution	Wheeler, Reports on Progress in Physics 44, 85, 1981+
Variable Stars	Clayton Cox and Giuli	pp. 504-515 pp. 1029-1138 (II)
Rotation	Clayton	pp. 497-501
Binary Evolution	Pazzynski 1971, Ann Rev, 9, 183 1972, Chiu 7 Muriel Robinson 1976, Ann Rev, 14, ll9. Thomas 1977, Ann Rev, 15, 127.

*recommended
+Trimble, Reviews of Modern Physics	54, 1183, 1983. 55, 511, 1983.
Woosley and Weaver, Ann. Rev. Astr. Ap.,	24, 205, 1986.
Nuclear Astrophysics, Fowler, Caughlin, and Zimmerman, Ann. Rev., 13, 69, 1975.

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