ASTR702, Stellar Structure
Syllabus| Date | Topic | Homwork | Reading |
| Wednesday, August 21, 2024 | Basic star characteristics
Notes Slides |
Ch 1 | |
| Friday, August 23, 2024 | Basic star characteristics
(same notes and slides as above) |
1st HW assigned
1st HW Solutions |
Ch 1 |
| Monday, August 26, 2024 |
Blackbodies
(also magnitudes, from Units) |
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| Wednesday, August 28, 2024 | Equations of Stellar Structure Hydrostatic Equilibrium, the virial theorem
Notes (for all of Ch. 2) |
Ch 2 | |
| Friday, August 30, 2024 | HW Review |
2nd HW assigned
2nd HW Solutions |
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| Monday, September 2, 2024 | ----------------- | ----------------- | |
| Wednesday, September 4, 2024 | Equations of Stellar Structure. Hydrostatic equilibrium, the virial theorem | Ch 2 | |
| Friday, September 6, 2024 | HW Review, timescales |
3rd HW assigned
3rd HW Solutions |
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| Monday, September 9, 2024 | Equations of state
Slides (on stellar interiors plots) Notes for all of Ch. 3 |
Ch 3 | |
| Wednesday, September 11, 2024 | Basic properties of stars and dependencies. Characteristic timescales for evolution, mass-radius and mass-luminosity relations | Ch 3 | |
| Friday, September 13, 2024 | HW Review |
4th HW assigned 4th HW Solutions |
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| Monday, September 16, 2024 |
Opacity and the temperature gradient
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Ch 3 | |
| Wednesday, September 18, 2024 | Nuclear Fusion. Processes for energy generation in stars
Notes for Chapter 4 Slides |
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Ch 4 |
| Friday, September 20, 2024 | HW Review | 5th HW assigned | |
| Monday, September 23, 2024 | Nuclear Fusion. Processes for energy generation in stars | Ch 4 | |
| Wednesday, September 25, 2024 | Catch-Up, Review, and Problem Solving | ||
| Friday, September 27, 2024 | HW/Midterm Review Midterm 1 Review |
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| Monday, September 30, 2024 | Midterm 1 | ||
| Wednesday, October 2, 2024 | Midterm Review | ||
| Friday, October 4, 2024 | Homology relations. Relationships between stellar properties Notes for Chapter 5 Slides |
Ch 5,6 | |
| Monday, October 7, 2024 | Homology relations. Relationships between stellar properties |
Ch 5,6 | |
| Wednesday, October 9, 2024 | Stellar Stability Notes for Chapter 6 Slides |
6th HW Assigned | Ch 5,6 |
| Friday, October 11, 2024 | ----------------- | ||
| Monday, October 14, 2024 | Stellar Stability | Ch 7 | |
| Wednesday, October 16, 2024 | Stellar Stability | Ch 7 | |
| Friday, October 18, 2024 | HW Review | 7th HW Assigned | |
| Monday, October 21, 2024 | Stellar Evolution. Life on the main sequence, post-main sequence evolution | Ch 9 | |
| Wednesday, October 23, 2024 | Stellar Evolution. Life on the main sequence, post-main sequence evolution | Ch 9 | |
| Friday, October 25, 2024 | Stellar Evolution. Life on the main sequence, post-main sequence evolution | Ch 9 | |
| Monday, October 28, 2024 | Compact Objects: Degeneracy pressure and white dwarfs | Ch 9 | |
| Wednesday, October 30, 2024 | Compact Objects: Degeneracy pressure and white dwarfs | Ch 9 | |
| Friday, November 1, 2024 | Midterm review | ||
| Monday, November 4, 2024 | Midterm | ||
| Wednesday, November 6, 2024 | Midterm review | ||
| Friday, November 8, 2024 | Star formation | Ch 12 | |
| Monday, November 11, 2024 | Stellar Pulsations. Cepheids, non-radial pulsations, astroseismology | Ch 9 | |
| Wednesday, November 13, 2024 | Stellar Pulsations. Cepheids, non-radial pulsations, astroseismology | Ch 9 | |
| Friday, November 15, 2024 | Stellar death. Supernovae and their manifestations | 8th HW Assigned | Ch 10 |
| Monday, November 18, 2024 | Compact Objects and Relativity Neutron stars and black holes | Ch 10 | |
| Wednesday, November 20, 2024 | Compact Objects and Relativity Neutron stars and black holes | ||
| Friday, November 22, 2024 | HW Review | 9th HW Assigned | |
| Monday, November 25, 2024 | ----------------- | ||
| Wednesday, November 27, 2024 | ----------------- | ||
| Friday, November 29, 2024 | ----------------- | ||
| Monday, December 2, 2024 | Binary star systems. Accretion, Roche lobes, CVs, novae | Ch 11 | |
| Wednesday, December 4, 2024 | Binary star systems. Accretion, Roche lobes, CVs, novae | Ch 11 | |
| Friday, December 6, 2024 | HW Review | ||
| Monday, December 9, 2024 | Catch-Up, Review, and Problem Solving | ||
| Wednesday, December 11, 2024 | Course Review | ||
| Tuesday, December 17th 2-4pm | ----------------- |