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Stars as Laboratories for Fundamental Physics - MPP Theory Group

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Table of Contents<br />

Preface (xiv)<br />

Acknowledgments (xxii)<br />

1. The Energy-Loss Argument<br />

1.1 Introduction (1)<br />

1.2 Equations of Stellar Structure (5)<br />

1. Hydrostatic Equilibrium (5) ⋄ 2. Generic C<strong>as</strong>es of Stellar Structure (7) ⋄<br />

3. Energy Conservation (10) ⋄ 4. Energy Transfer (11) ⋄ 5. Gravitational<br />

Settling (13)<br />

1.3 Impact of Novel Particles (14)<br />

1. Energy Loss (14) ⋄ 2. Application to the Sun (16) ⋄ 3. Radiative Energy<br />

Transfer (17) ⋄ 4. Opacity Contribution of Arbitrary Bosons (18) ⋄ 5. Solar<br />

Bound on M<strong>as</strong>sive Pseudoscalars (20)<br />

1.4 General Lesson (21)<br />

2. Anomalous Stellar Energy Losses Bounded<br />

by Observations<br />

2.1 Stages of Stellar Evolution (23)<br />

1. The Main Sequence (23) ⋄ 2. Becoming a Red Giant (28) ⋄ 3. Helium<br />

Ignition (33) ⋄ 4. The Horizontal Branch (34) ⋄ 5. From Asymptotic Giants<br />

to White Dwarfs (35) ⋄ 6. Type I Supernovae (36) ⋄ 7. Intermediate-M<strong>as</strong>s<br />

<strong>Stars</strong> (37) ⋄ 8. M<strong>as</strong>sive <strong>Stars</strong> and Type II Supernovae (37) ⋄ 9. Variable<br />

<strong>Stars</strong> (39)<br />

2.2 White-Dwarf Cooling (42)<br />

1. Theoretical and Observed White-Dwarfs Properties (42) ⋄ 2. Cooling<br />

<strong>Theory</strong> (45) ⋄ 3. Neutrino Cooling (47) ⋄ 4. Cooling by Boson Emission (50)<br />

⋄ 5. Period Decre<strong>as</strong>e of Variable White Dwarfs (52)<br />

2.3 Neutron <strong>Stars</strong> (54)<br />

1. Late-Time Cooling (54) ⋄ 2. X-Ray Observations (56) ⋄ 3. Nonstandard<br />

Cooling and Heating Effects (58) ⋄ 4. Cooling by Particle Emission (59)<br />

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