Ya.B. Zel’dovicha,
I.D. Novikovb,c,d aAll-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics — Federal Nuclear Centre, prosp. Mira 37, Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod region, 607190, Russian Federation bNational Research Centre ‘Kurchatov Institute’, pl. akad. Kurchatova 1, Moscow, 123182, Russian Federation cAstro Space Centre, Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Profsoyuznaya 84/32, Moscow, 117997, Russian Federation dNiels Bohr Institute, Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, DK-2100, Denmark
CONTENTS 1. Introduction 763 2. Equilibrium and Stability of a Star as a Whole 764 3. Equation of State 767 4. Masses of Stars in the Final Stages of Evolution 769 5. Schwarzschild Gravitation Field 770 6. Gravitational Field Inside a Star 771 7. Paths of Light Rays Inside and Outside a Static Star 772 8. Structure of Superdense Stars 773 9. Mass Defect 775 10. Stability of Superdense Stars 776 11. Solutions with Negative Gravitational Mass Defect 777 12. Evolution of a Star 778 13. Neutron Stars 781 14. Evolution of a Star with a Mass Larger than the "OV" Limit 782 15. Relativistic Collapse 783 16. Metastability of any Equilibrium State 786 Cited literature 787