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Stellar Evolution Physics 3 Preface 7 Bibliography and references 15 Part I Introduction and overview 19 1 Qualitative description of single and binary star evolution 21 1.1 On the evolutionary status of real single stars 23 1.2 Close binary stars and evolutionary scenarios 32 Bibliography and references 32 2 Quantitative foundations of stellar evolution theory 48 2.1 Observed properties of the Sun 48 2.2 Nearby stars in the Hertzsprung--Russell diagram 56 2.3 Mass--luminosity relationships 59 2.4 Evolutionary paths of theoretical models in the HR diagram 63 2.5 The evolutionary status of familiar stars 69 Bibliography and references 69 Part II Basic physical processes in stellar interiors 73 3 Properties of and physical processes in main sequence stars -- order of magnitude estimates 75 3.1 Particle numbers and separations, pressures and temperatures 76 3.2 Departures from a classical perfect gas: electrostatic interactions, electron degeneracy, and radiation pressure 79 3.2.1 Electrostatic forces 79 3.2.2 The exclusion principle and electron degeneracy 80 3.2.3 Radiation pressure 82 3.3 Virial theorems relating kinetic, gravitational binding, and net binding energies 83 3.4 Energ

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Iben, Icko

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