Astrophysics in a nutshell pdf

Once all the helium in the core has been converted to carbon and oxygen, the star rises up the “asymptotic giant branch” where double shell burning—a helium-burning shell within a hydrogen burning shell—takes place

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At L1, the gravitational forces due to the two stars, and the centrifugal force in the rotating frame due to rotation about the center of mass, all sum up to zero

9 In any star, surfaces of constant gas density and pressure will be parallel to surfaces of constant potential (which is why isolated stars are spherical)