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| Preface | |
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| Constants and Units | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Observational Techniques | |
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| Problems | |
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| Stars: Basic Observations | |
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| Review of Blackbody Radiation | |
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| Measurement of Stellar Parameters | |
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| The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram | |
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| Problems | |
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| Stellar Physics | |
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| Hydrostatic Equilibrium and the Virial Theorem | |
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| Mass Continuity | |
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| Radiative Energy Transport | |
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| Energy Conservation | |
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| The Equations of Stellar Structure | |
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| The Equation of State | |
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| Opacity | |
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| Scaling Relations on the Main Sequence | |
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| Nuclear Energy Production | |
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| Nuclear Reaction Rates | |
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| Solution of the Equations of Stellar Structure | |
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| Convection | |
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| Problems | |
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| Stellar Evolution and Stellar Remnants | |
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| Stellar Evolution | |
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| White Dwarfs | |
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| Supernovae and Neutron Stars | |
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| Pulsars and Supernova Remnants | |
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| Black Holes | |
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| Interacting Binaries | |
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| Problems | |
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| Star Formation, H II Regions, and the Interstellar Medium | |
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| Cloud Collapse and Star Formation | |
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| H II Regions | |
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| Components of the Interstellar Medium | |
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| Dynamics of Star-forming Regions | |
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| Problems | |
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| The Milky Way and Other Galaxies | |
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| Structure of the Milky Way | |
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| Galaxy Demographics | |
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| Active Galactic Nuclei and Quasars | |
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| Groups and Clusters of Galaxies | |
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| Problems | |
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| Cosmology: Basic Observations | |
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| The Olbers Paradox | |
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| Extragalactic Distances | |
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| Hubble's Law | |
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| Age of the Universe from Cosmic Clocks | |
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| Isotropy of the Universe | |
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| Problems | |
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| Big Bang Cosmology | |
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| The Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Metric | |
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| The Friedmann Equations | |
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| History and Future of the Universe | |
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| A Newtonian Derivation of the Friedmann Equations | |
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| Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe | |
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| Problems | |
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| Tests and Probes of Big Bang Cosmology | |
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| Cosmological Redshift and Hubble's Law | |
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| The Cosmic Microwave Background | |
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| Anisotropy of the Microwave Background | |
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| Nucleosynthesis of the Light Elements | |
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| Quasars and Other Distant Sources as Cosmological Probes | |
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| Problems | |
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| Recommended Reading and Websites | |
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| Index | |