Things About Stars for Final

Low Mass Stars

• END THEIR LIVES AS WHITE DWARVES

Intermediate Mass Stars

• END THEIR LIVES AS WHITE DWARVES, NEUTRON STARS, OR BLACK HOLES

High Mass Stars

• End Their Lives as Black Holes

In the Main Sequence...

• When Hydrogen Core is Burning ~ Helium Builds Up in Core

When Star Leaves Main Sequence

• Hydrogen Shell Burns, and There is Inert Helium Core

When a Star is In a Binary...

• ~IT CAN PULL MATTER FROM COMPANION STAR
• ~A WHITE DWARF WILL SLOWLY REACH A CRITICAL LIMIT
• ~THEN...IT WILL GO SUPERNOVA IN A TYPE 1A SUPERNOVA