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Stellar Evolution

Stellar Evolution is the astrophysical process that describes the systematic changes in a star’s internal structure, composition, and observable properties over its life cycle, from formation in a collapsing interstellar cloud through successive nuclear-burning phases to its final remnant state.

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Stellar population synthesis at the resolution of 2003

Gustavo Bruzual, S. Charlot · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2003 · 10.6K citations · Full text

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The Luminosity Function and Stellar Evolution.

E. E. Salpeter · The Astrophysical Journal · 1955 · 8.7K citations

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On the variation of the initial mass function

Pavel Kroupa · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2001 · 7.5K citations · Full text

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STAR FORMATION IN GALAXIES ALONG THE HUBBLE SEQUENCE

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 1998 · 6.6K citations · Full text

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A numerical approach to the testing of the fission hypothesis

L. B. Lucy · The Astronomical Journal · 1977 · 6.1K citations

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  1. NL
    N. Langer

    University of Bonn, Germany

    225 publications · 27.8K citations

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  2. GM
    G. Meynet

    University of Geneva, Switzerland

    182 publications · 20.6K citations

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  3. RS
    Ralf S. Klessen

    Heidelberg University, Germany

    154 publications · 14.4K citations

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  4. KN
    K. Nomoto

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    122 publications · 18.8K citations

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  5. AR
    A. Renzini

    Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Italy

    104 publications · 16.8K citations

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  1. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    215 h-index

    4.6K publications

    495.8K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    212 h-index

    10.9K publications

    940.7K citations

  3. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    211 h-index

    4.4K publications

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  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    181 h-index

    2K publications

    249.1K citations

  5. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    174 h-index

    2.8K publications

    277.1K citations

  6. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

    Garching, Germany

    172 h-index

    1.7K publications

    227.8K citations

  7. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    171 h-index

    2.6K publications

    267.4K citations

  8. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    170 h-index

    1.7K publications

    208.7K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 10.9K publications · 916.3K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    5.7K publications · 379.4K citations

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  4. Nature

    802 publications · 111.6K citations

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  5. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 1.9K publications · 133.9K citations

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