ASTR367/702, Stellar Structure
Syllabus| Date | Topic | Homework | Reading | |
| Wednesday, August 20 | Units
Slides Notes |
P: Ch 1
C+O: Ch 1-3 |
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| Friday, August 22 | Basic star characteristics
Slides Notes |
HW1 Assigned | P: Ch 1
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| Monday, August 25 | Basic star characteristics,
Blackbodies Slides Notes |
P: Ch 1
C+O: Ch 3.4 |
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| Wednesday, August 27 | Equations of Stellar Structure,
Hydrostatic Equilibrium, The Virial Theorem Notes |
P: Ch 2
C+O: Ch 10 |
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| Friday, August 29 | HW Review | HW2 Assigned | ||
| Monday, September 1 | -----------------
(Labor Day) |
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| Wednesday, September 3 | Equations of Stellar Structure. Hydrostatic equilibrium, the virial theorem
Notes |
P: Ch 2
C+O: Ch 10 |
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| Friday, September 5 | HW Review | HW3 Assigned | ||
| Monday, September 8 | Gas Physics
Notes |
P: Ch 3
C+O: Ch 9.2, 10.2 |
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| Wednesday, September 10 | Gas Physics
Notes |
P: Ch 3
C+O: Ch 9.2, 10.2 |
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| Friday, September 12 | HW Review | HW4 Assigned | ||
| Monday, September 15 |
Nuclear Fusion
Notes Slides |
P: Ch 4
C+O: Ch 10 |
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| Wednesday, September 17 | Nuclear Fusion
Notes Slides |
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P: Ch 4
C+O: Ch 10 |
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| Friday, September 19 | HW Review | HW5 Assigned | ||
| Monday, September 22 | Radiative Transfer
Notes Slides |
C+O: Ch 5, 9.3-9.5
Also: Rybiki+Lightman |
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| Wednesday, September 24 | Catch-Up, Review, and Problem Solving | |||
| Friday, September 26 | HW/
Midterm Review
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| Monday, September 29 | Midterm 1 | |||
| Wednesday, October 1 | Midterm Review | |||
| Friday, October 3 | Stellar Models - polytropic relations, Chandrasekhar mass, Eddington luminosity
Notes |
P: Ch 5, 6 | ||
| Monday, October 6 | Stellar Models - polytropic relations, Chandrasekhar mass, Eddington luminosity
Notes |
P: Ch 5,6 | ||
| Wednesday, October 8 | (Dr. Anderson away - Zoom?)
The Sun Notes Slides |
HW6 Assigned | P: Ch 7 | |
| Friday, October 10 | ----------------- (Fall break) | |||
| Monday, October 13 | Stellar Stability
Notes |
P: Ch 7 | ||
| Wednesday, October 15 | Stellar Stability
Notes |
P: Ch 7 | ||
| Friday, October 17 | HW Review | HW7 Assigned | ||
| Monday, October 20 | Stellar Stability
Notes |
Ch 9 | ||
| Wednesday, October 22 | Stellar Evolution
Notes |
Prialnik Ch 12, C+O Ch 12 | ||
| Friday, October 24 | HW Review, Stellar Evolution
Notes |
Prialnik Ch 12, C+O Ch 12 | ||
| Monday, October 27 | Stellar Evolution
Notes |
Prialnik Ch 12, C+O Ch 12 | ||
| Wednesday, October 29 | Stellar Evolution
Notes |
Prialnik Ch 12, C+O Ch 12 | ||
| Friday, October 31 | Midterm Review | |||
| Monday, November 3 | Midterm 2 | |||
| Wednesday, November 5 | Midterm review |
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| Friday, November 7 | Stellar Pulsations. Cepheids, non-radial pulsations, astroseismology | |||
| Monday, November 10 | Stellar Pulsations. Cepheids, non-radial pulsations, astroseismology | Ch 9 | ||
| Wednesday, November 12 | Compact Objects
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Ch 9 | ||
| Friday, November 14 | Stellar death. Supernovae and their manifestations | HW8 Assigned | Ch 10 | |
| Monday, November 17 | Compact Objects and Relativity Neutron stars and black holes | Ch 10 | ||
| Wednesday, November 19 | Compact Objects and Relativity Neutron stars and black holes | |||
| Friday, November 21 | HW Review | HW9 Assigned | ||
| Monday, November 24 | -----------------
(Thanksgiving Break) |
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| Wednesday, November 26 | -----------------
(Thanksgiving Break) |
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| Friday, November 28 | -----------------
(Thanksgiving Break) |
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| Monday, December 1 | Binary star systems. Accretion, Roche lobes, CVs, novae
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Ch 11 | ||
| Wednesday, December 3 | Binary star systems. Accretion, Roche lobes, CVs, novae | Ch 11 | ||
| Friday, December 5 | HW Review, Lagrangian points | |||
| Monday, December 8 | Binary star systems. Accretion, Roche lobes, CVs, novae | |||
| Wednesday, December 10 | Course Review | |||
| Tuesday, December 16th 2-4pm | Final Exam |