| DATE |
TOPICS |
FILES, NOTES, and ASSIGNMENTS |
| Dec. 4-8 |
FINAL EXAM WEEK |
| Nov. 30 |
NO CLASS |
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| Nov. 28 |
NO CLASS |
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| Nov. 21, 23 |
Thanksgiving Break |
| Nov. 16 |
UNIT 5: The Post Main Sequence
Asymptotic giant branch, thermal pulses
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- NOTES FROM LATER SECTIONS ARE INCLUDING IN THIS FILE
- [notes]
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| Nov. 14 |
UNIT 5: The Post Main Sequence
RG luminosity bump, He flash, location of zero-age horizontal branch, triple-alpha process
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| Nov. 9 |
UNIT 5: The Post Main Sequence
High/low-mass stars on the RGB
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| Nov. 7 |
UNIT 5: The Post Main Sequence
Low-mass stars, Schoenberg-Chandrasekhar limit, subgiant branch, shell-burning law
| [notes] |
| Nov. 2 |
UNIT 4: The Main Sequence
Convective stars, main-sequence evolution
| [notes]
- DUE at CLASS TIME: Problems 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
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| Oct. 31 |
UNIT 4: The Main Sequence
Summary of structure equations, homology scalings
| [notes]
ASSIGNMENTS:
Final computer project, DUE Sunday Dec. 3
online converter between mass fractions and abundance mixtures |
| Oct. 26 |
UNIT 3: Energy Transport
Mixing-length theory, where convection occurs
| [notes]
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| Oct. 24 |
UNIT 3: Energy Transport
Schwarzschild and Ledoux criteria, Brunt-Vaisala frequency
| [notes]
ASSIGNMENTS:
Problem 3.3 |
| Oct. 19 |
Polytrope review
| [notes]
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| Oct. 17 |
UNIT 3: Energy Transport
Eddington luminosity, conduction, convective instability
| [notes]
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| Oct. 12 |
NO CLASS |
- DUE by 1PM: 8 written problems from Unit 2 and Computer problem 2.1. Turn into Ofelia in Astronomy office.
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| Oct. 10 |
NO CLASS |
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| Oct. 5 |
UNIT 3: Energy Transport
Opacity sources
| [notes]
ASSIGNMENTS:
Problem 3.2 |
| Oct. 3 |
UNIT 3: Energy Transport
Radiative transport, diffusion, Rosseland mean opacity
| [notes]
ASSIGNMENTS:
Problem 3.1
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| Sep. 28 |
UNIT 2: Hydrostatics
Virial theorem (cont'd), polytropes
| [notes]
ASSIGNMENTS:
Computer Problem 2.1 (polytrope)
DUE by CLASS TIME on TUESDAY October 10: 8 written problems from Unit 2 and Computer problem 2.1
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| Sep. 26 |
UNIT 2: Hydrostatics
Hydrostatic equilibrium, Virial theorem
| [notes]
ASSIGNMENTS:
Problems 2.6, 2.7, 2.8
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| Sep. 21 |
UNIT 2: Hydrostatics
Mixture of ideal gas and radiation: pressure and ionization effects
| [notes] |
| Sep. 19 |
UNIT 2: Hydrostatics
Radiation pressure, density-temperature equation of state landscape, thermodynamics of ideal gas
| [notes]
ASSIGNMENTS:
Problems 2.4, 2.5
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| Sep. 14 |
UNIT 2: Hydrostatics
Completely degenerate gas, relativistic v. non relativistic
| [notes]
ASSIGNMENTS:
Problem 2.3 |
| Sep. 12 |
UNIT 2: Hydrostatics
Mean molecular weight, ideal gas
| [notes]
- DUE by CLASS TIME: All (11) problems from Unit 1
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| Sep. 7 |
UNIT 2: Hydrostatics
Statistical mechanics, mean molecular weight
| [notes]
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| Sep. 5 |
UNIT 2: Hydrostatics
Timescales, plasma, dist. function
| [notes]
ASSIGNMENTS:
Problems 2.1, 2.2
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| Aug. 31 |
UNIT 1: Energy Generation
Binding energy, proton-proton chain, CNO cycle
| [notes]
ASSIGNMENTS:
Problems 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10 and Computer Problem 1.1
DUE by CLASS TIME on TUESDAY SEP. 12: All (11) problems from Unit 1
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| Aug. 29 |
UNIT 1: Energy Generation
Energy realease, mass defect/excess
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| Aug. 24 |
PART I - STELLAR STRUCTURE
UNIT 1: Energy Generation
Energy equilibrium, nuclear reactions, reaction rates |
- [notes]
- ASSIGNMENTS:
- Problems 1.1, 1.2
- DUE SUNDAY, AUG. 27: MESA output
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| Aug. 17 |
Introduction
- Overview |
- Notes: [slides] [article]
- ASSIGNMENTS:
- Read carefully the syllabus and MESA notes available in menu on the left
- Try to run MESA and copy terminal output into an email to me (DUE: August 27 midnight)
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