Author(s)

Boris V. Vasiliev

Independent Researcher, Dubna, Russia.

Astrophysics = the star physics was beginning its development without a supporting of measurement data, which could not be obtained then. Still astrophysics exists without this support, although now astronomers collected a lot of valuable information. This is the main difference of astrophysics from all other branches of physics, for which foundations are measurement data. The creation of the theory of stars, which is based on the astronomical measurements data, is one of the main goals of modern astrophysics. Below, the principal elements of star physics based on data of astronomical measurements are described. The theoretical description of a hot star interior is obtained. It explains the distribution of stars over their masses, mass-radius-temperature and mass-luminosity dependencies. All theoretical predictions are in a good agreement with the known measurement data, which confirms the validity of this consideration.

Electric Polarization, Plasma, Stellar Mass, Stellar Temperature, Stellar Radius

Vasiliev, B. (2018) Star Physics and Measurement Data. Journal of Modern Physics, 9, 1906-1934. doi: 10.4236/jmp.2018.910120.