When: Fall 2019, TR 9:35-10:50pm
Where: Stevenson 6411
Textbook: "Stellar Interiors" by Hansen, Kawaler, & Trimble (Springer - second edition)
| Other helpful books: | "Stellar Structure and Evolution" by Kippenhahn & Weigert (Springer). |
| "Principles of Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis" by Clayton (Chicago Press) |
Syllabus and Course Info: syllabus
Complete Lecture Slides: slides
Week 1: August 22
| Topics: | Introduction to the Sun, the equations of stellar structure |
| Lecture Slides: | AST8030_1_intro.pdf |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 1 |
| Links: | Solar Dynamic Observatory movies: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/ |
Week 2: August 27 (No class on August29)
| Topics: | Basic observations of stars, spectral classification, HR diagram |
| Lecture Slides: | AST8030_2_observations.pdf |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 1 |
Week 3: September 3-5
| Topics: | stellar populations, measuring stellar properties |
| Lecture Slides: | AST8030_3_measuringproperties.pdf |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 1 |
| Assignment: |
Problem set #1 due Tuesday, September 24: Problem Set 1
For the problem set, you will need these files: cluster.dat BV_filters.dat star1 star2 star10 star12 star13 |
Week 4: September 10-12
| Topics: | Measuring stellar properties |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 1 |
Week 5: September 17-19
| Topics: | The Virial Theorem and Applications |
| Lecture Slides: | AST8030_4_virial.pdf |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 1 |
Week 6: September 24-26
| Topics: | Equations of State |
| Lecture Slides: | AST8030_5_eqofstate.pdf |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 3 |
| Assignment: | Problem set #2 due Tuesday, October 15: Problem Set 2 |
Week 7: October 1-3
| Topics: | Equations of State, Boltzman & Saha Equations |
| Lecture Slides: | AST8030_6_saha.pdf |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 3 |
Week 8: October 8-10
| Topics: | Thermodynamics of gas, Polytropes |
| Lecture Slides: | AST8030_7_thermodynamics.pdf |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 7 |
| Assignment: | Problem set #3 due Thursday, October 31: Problem Set 3 |
Week 9: October 15-22
| Topics: | Radiative Transfer |
| Lecture Slides: | AST8030_9_radiativetransfer.pdf |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 4 |
Week 10: October 29-31
| Topics: | Opacities, Convection |
| Lecture Slides: | AST8030_10_convection.pdf |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 6 |
| Assignment: |
Problem Set #4 due Thursday, November 14: Problem Set 4
For this problem set, you will need the OPAL opacity table for X=0.7,Y=0.28: OPAL_X0.7_Y0.28, as well as this file: stellar_profile.dat |
Week 11: November 5-7
| Topics: | Convection, Nuclear energy generation |
| Lecture Slides: | AST8030_11_nuclear.pdf |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 5, 6 |
Week 12: November 6-8
| Topics: | Nuclear energy generation, Nuclear reactions |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 6, 7 |
| Assignment: | Problem Set #5 due Tuesday, December 3: Problem Set 5 |
Week 13: November 12-14
| Topics: | Nuclear reactions, Stellar models |
| Lecture Slides: | AST8030_12_stellarmodels.pdf |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 6, 7 |
Week 14: November 19-21
| Topics: | Star formation, stellar evolution |
| Lecture Slides: | AST8030_13_formationevolution.pdf |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 2 |
| Links: | Movies of star formation simulations can be found at Matthew Bate's website |
Final Project due Friday, December 13: Final Project