Late stages of stellar evolution : computational methods in astrophysical hydrodynamics : proceedings of the Astrophysics School II, organized by the European Astrophysics Doctoral Network at Ponte de Lima, Portugal, 11-23 September 1989

This collection of 7 lectures is intended to be a textbook for graduate students who want to learn about modern developments in astronomy and astrophysics. The first part surveys various aspects of the late stages of stellar evolution, including observation and theory. B.C. de Loore's long article on stellar structure is followed by reviews on supernovae, on circumstellar envelopes, and on the evolution of binaries. The second part deals with the important problem of modeling stellar evolution based on the computational hydrodynamics. Stellar structure and stellar evolution....Pages 2-95 Supernovae: Observations, theory, models and nucleosynthesis....Pages 97-160 Circumstellar envelopes of late type stars....Pages 161-211 Evolution of close binary systems: Application to X-ray binaries....Pages 213-255 An introduction to computational methods in hydrodynamics....Pages 258-312 Basic hydrodynamics....Pages 313-354 Convection and turbulence in stars....Pages 355-390 Intended as a textbook for graduate students, this volume contains a series of lectures presented at a summer school on modern developments in astronomy and astrophysics. It includes articles on stellar structure, supernovae, circumstellar envelopes and the evolution of binaries.