id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt nv935140w3v Michelle Marie Dolan Constraints on the Structure, Evolution, and Approach to Thermonuclear Runaway in Intermediate Mass and Massive Stars 2013 .txt text/plain 79 3 46 This thesis provides an assessment of stellar evolution models for intermediate-mass and massive stars in advanced stages of evolution through a detailed cooperation between simulations and observations of nearby stars and eclipsing binary stars. We also make a detailed study of the approach to unstable helium burning, the core flash, and thermally pulsing phases. cache/nv935140w3v.txt txt/nv935140w3v.txt