Evidence for spots on hot stars suggests major revision of stellar physics [PDF]
Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2019 It has long been thought that starspots are not present in the A and B stars because magnetic fields cannot be generated in stars with radiative envelopes. Space observations show that a considerable fraction of these stars varies in light with periods
L. A. Balona
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Population synthesis to constrain Galactic and stellar physics [PDF]
, 2017 Context. The cornerstone mission of the European Space Agency, Gaia , together with forthcoming complementary surveys (CoRoT, Kepler , K2, APOGEE, and Gaia -ESO), will revolutionize our understanding of the formation and history of our Galaxy, providing ...
N. Lagarde +3 more
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From stellar haloes to intracluster light: the physics of the Intra-Halo Stellar Component in cosmological hydrodynamical simulations [PDF]
Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2020 We study the Intra-Halo Stellar Component (IHSC) of Milky Way-mass systems up to galaxy clusters in the Horizon-AGN cosmological hydrodynamical simulation.
Rodrigo Cañas +6 more
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Atomic and Molecular Data for Stellar Physics: Former Successes and Future Challenges [PDF]
, 2004 This review highlights current (and future) hot topics in astrophysics where atomic or molecular input data are (or will be) essential, with special emphasis on topics relating to nucleosynthesis and cosmochemistry.
A. Jorissen
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Confronting uncertainties in stellar physics [PDF]
, 2015 We assess the systematic uncertainties in stellar evolutionary calculations for low- to intermediate-mass, main-sequence stars. We compare published stellar tracks from several different evolution codes with our own tracks computed using the stellar ...
Richard J. Stancliffe +3 more
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A Review of the Mixing Length Theory of Convection in 1D Stellar Modeling [PDF]
Galaxies, 2023 We review the application of the one-dimensional Mixing Length Theory (MLT) model of convection in stellar interiors and low-mass stellar evolution.
M. Joyce, J. Tayar
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Multiband gravitational-wave event rates and stellar physics [PDF]
Physical Review D, 2019 Joint gravitational-wave detections of stellar-mass black-hole binaries by ground- and space-based observatories will provide unprecedented opportunities for fundamental physics and astronomy.
D. Gerosa +6 more
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Role of stellar physics in regulating the critical steps for life [PDF]
International Journal of Astrobiology, 2018 We use the critical step model to study the major transitions in evolution on Earth. We find that a total of five steps represents the most plausible estimate, in agreement with previous studies, and use the fossil record to identify the potential ...
M. Lingam, A. Loeb
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Stellar Structure and Evolution
Fundamentals of Astrophysics, 2021 These lecture notes are intended for an advanced astrophysics course on Stellar Structure and Evolution given at Utrecht University (NS-AP434M). Their goal is to provide an overview of the physics of stellar interiors and its application to the theory of
Achim Weiss
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Nucleosynthesis in Massive Stars with Improved Nuclear and Stellar Physics [PDF]
, 2002 We present the first calculations to follow the evolution of all stable nuclei and their radioactive progenitors in stellar models computed from the onset of central hydrogen burning through explosion as Type II supernovae. Calculations are performed for
T. Rauscher +3 more
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