Key Words

asymptotic giant branch

planetary nebula

asymptotic giant branch star (AGB star)

progenitor star

carbon fusion

pulsar

carbon star

red giant branch

Cherenkov radiation

shell helium fusion

Chandrasekhar limit

silicon fusion

core-collapse supernova

supergiant

core helium fusion

supernova (plural supernovae)

degenerate neutron pressure

supernova remnant

dredge-up

thermal pulse

helium shell flash

thermonuclear

horizontal branch

thermonuclear supernova

mass-radius relation

Type I supernova

neon fusion

Type Ia supernova

neutron capture

Type Ib supernova

neutron star

Type Ic supernova

nova (plural novae)

Type II supernova

nuclear density

white dwarf

oxygen fusion

X-ray burster

photodisintegration