Lecture 4

1. Evolution of a mid-mass star

a. Horizontal branch

b. Asymptotic giant branch

c. Planetary nebula

d. White dwarf

2. Evolution of a white dwarf

a. Mass-radius relationship. Chandrasekhar limit

b. White dwarf cooling curves

c. White dwarf in a binary. Mass transfer. Nova and supernova Type I.

3. Evolution of a high-mass star

a. Stellar nucleosynthesis

b. Formation of an iron-rich core.

c. Supernova Type II.

1. Variable stars

a. RR Lyrae

b. Cepheid variables

c. Period-luminosity relationship for Cepheids