Physical processes in stellar interiors

Part I. Introduction and Overview: 1. Qualitative description of single and binary star evolution 2. Quantitative foundations of stellar evolution theory Part II. Basic Physical Processes in Stellar Interiors: 3. Properties of and physical processes in the interiors of main sequence stars - order of magnitude estimates 4. Statistical physics, thermodynamics, and equations of state 5. Polytropes and single zone models: elementary tools for understanding some aspects of stellar structure and evolution 6. Hydrogen-burning nuclear reactions and energy-generation rates 7. Photon-matter interactions and opacity 8. Equations of stellar evolution and methods of solution Part III. Pre-Main Sequence, Main Sequence, and Shell Hydrogen Burning Evolution of Single Stars: 9. Star formation and evolution to the main-sequence 10. Solar structure and neutrino physics 11. Evolution during core hydrogen-burning phases up to the onset of helium burning Index.