'Helium shell' presentation slideshows

Conversations with the Earth Tom Burbine tburbine@framingham.edu

Conversations with the Earth Tom Burbine tburbine@framingham.edu. Quiz on Thursday. Sun Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram Death of stars. Main Sequence. Is not an evolutionary track Stars do not evolve on it Stars stop on the main sequence and spend most of their lives on it.

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Bradley S. Meyer Clemson University

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Stellar Evolution

Stellar Evolution. Life Cycle of Stars. Post-Main Sequence Reactions. Red Giant to Horizontal Branch. After helium burning begins, a star has two sources of energy, hydrogen fusion in a shell around the core and helium fusion in the core

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GP COM

The fate of less than 1 in 2000 white dwarfs in our galactic disk. But none yet seen in other galaxies. GP COM. Faint (.Ia)* Thermonuclear Supernovae from AM CVn Binaries. Ken Shen (UCSB), Nevin Weinberg (UCB) & Gijs Nelemans (U. Nijmegen).

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S & R Process

S & R Process. Matt Penrice Astronomy 501 University of Victoria. Outline. Overview S-Process R-Process Conclusion. Overview. Neucleosythiesis beyond iron is driven primarily by neutron capture reactions

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