| Roger Blandford / Judy Cohen | ||||||
| TA: | Melissa Enoch | 132 Bridge Annex / 212 Robinson | Grades: | Homework | 40% | |
| Grad Student | ph. 395-4200 / 395-4005 | |||||
| menoch@astro, 395-4026 | rdb@tapir / jlc@astro | Final Exam | 60% | |||
| Room 3, Robinson | office hrs by appt (e-mail) | ---------- | --- | |||
| 100% |
Class WWW URL: http://astro.caltech.edu/~menoch/ay123
Class hours: M 1-2:30, T 9:30-11 -- 106 Robinson
Texts:
Hansen & Kawaler, Stellar Interiors, 1994
Kippenhahn & Weigert, Stellar Structure and Evolution, 1990
| Week | Topic | (Reading) | Homework |
| 1. | Overview of Stellar Astronomy, properties of stars, characteristic timescales (RB) | TBD | Assignment #1 (due 4/8/03) |
| 2. | Basic equations of stellar structure (RB) | (TBD) | Assignment #2 (due 4/15/03) |
| 3. | Equations of State, thermodynamic properties,degeneracy (RB) | (TBD) | |
| 3(con) | Opacities (JC) | (TBD) | |
| 4. | Convection, effects on asteroseismology (JC) | (TBD) | |
| 5. | Nuclear Reactions, abundance patterns, isotopes (JC) | (TBD) | |
| 6. | Numerical methods, construction of stellar models (RB) | (TBD) | |
| 7. | Structure and evolution of low and high mass stars, Pop III stars (JC) | (TBD) | |
| 8. | Stellar atmospheres, stellar spectra (JC) | (TBD) | |
| 9. | Interacting binary stars, peculiar abundances, galactic chemical evolution (RB, JC) | (TBD) | |