Chapter 11    The Sun, Our Star
chromosphere                           Maunder minimum                    radiative zone 
convective zone                        neutrino                                    solar cycle 
corona                                      nuclear force                             solar wind 
coronal holes                            nuclear fusion                            spicules 
cosmic rays                              photosphere                             sunspots 
granulation                                prominences                             thermonuclear core*
hydrostatic equilibrium              proton-proton chain                  aurora borealis*
 
Chapter 12    Measuring the Properties of Stars
binary stars                               magnitudes                               red giants
dwarfs                                      mass-luminosity relation            spectral classes
eclipsing binary                         method of standard-candles      spectroscopic binary
giants                                        parallax                                    triangulation
H-R diagram                            parsec                                      variable stars
inverse-square law                    period                                      visual binaries
luminosity                                 radial velocity                           white dwarfs
 
Chapter 13   Stellar Evolution
Crab Nebula                            nucleosynthesis                         supernova
degenerate gas                          period-luminosity law                supernova remnant
instability strip                           planetary nebula                        triple-alpha process
interstellar cloud                        protostar                                  T Tauri stars
main-sequence lifetime              red giant                                   turnoff point
 
Chapter 14    Stellar Remnants: White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes
accretion disk                           gravitational redshift                  type I supernova
black hole                                 gravitational waves                    white dwarfs
Chandrasekhar limit                  Hawking radiation                     x-ray binaries
compact stars                           neutron star
conservation of angular momentum
curvature of space                    nova
degeneracy pressure                 pulsars
escape velocity                         relativity ( Einstein’s special, general )*
event horizon                            Schwarzschild radius
glitches                                     synchrotron radiation