The Art of Modeling Stars in the 21st Century (IAU S252)

Stellar models are the very basic building blocks with which we build up our knowledge of the Universe. New numerical experiments are heralding a new level of sophistication in our ability to model, and understand, how stars work. This volume provides an overview and the most recent advances in modelling of stellar structure and evolution. Modelling of stars relies on our understanding of the detailed physical processes happening in stars, and the most recent observations of stars made by modern large telescopes and current high technologies. IAU Symposium 252 presents the most recent developments in five key areas, including: improvements of the physical ingredients of stellar models; the evolution of low and intermediate mass stars; the evolution of massive stars; close binary evolution; and stellar physics in the era of very large telescopes. This overview of stellar research is at a level suitable for research astronomers and graduate students.

Spis treści:
Preface
Organizing committee
Conference participants
Session I. Updates of physical ingredients of stellar models Norbert Langer
Session II. Physical processes in stars Kwing-Lam Chan
Session III. From physics to stars, the progenitors of white dwarfs Vittorio Canuto and Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard
Session IV. From physics to stars, the progenitors of neutron stars and black holes Lee Anne Willson and Martin Asplund
Session V. Physics of stars in close binaries Philipp Podsiadlowski and Licai Deng
Session VI. New tools and future perspective Werner Däppen
Summary Norbert Langer
Author index
Subject index.