Contents

pp v-viii

Preface

pp ix-x

Part IV - Transport processes, weak interaction processes, and helium-burning reactions

pp 891-892

12 - Particle diffusion and gravitational settling

pp 893-940

13 - Heat conduction by electrons

pp 941-978

14 - Beta decay and electron capture in stars at high densities

pp 979-1010

15 - Current–current weak interactions and the production of neutrino–antineutrino pairs

pp 1011-1069

16 - Helium-burning nuclear reactions and energy-generation rates

pp 1070-1100

Part V - Evolution during helium-burning phases

pp 1101-1102

17 - Evolution of a low mass model burning helium and hydrogen

pp 1103-1219

18 - Evolution of an intermediate mass model burning helium and hydrogen

pp 1220-1290

19 - Neutron production and neutron capture in a TPAGB model star of intermediate mass

pp 1291-1338

20 - Evolution of a massive population I model during helium- and carbon-burning stages

pp 1339-1390

Part VI - Terminal evolution of low and intermediate mass stars

pp 1391-1392

21 - Wind mass loss on the TPAGB and evolution as a PN central star and as a white dwarf

pp 1393-1471

Index

pp 1472-1495