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TOPICS |
FILES, NOTES, and ASSIGNMENTS |
| Dec. 12 |
FINAL EXAM, 10:30am |
| Dec. 5 |
UNIT 25 and 26
Last stages of low- and high-mass stars
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| Dec. 3 |
UNIT 24
Asymptotic giant branch
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| Nov. 21 |
UNIT 23
Horizontal branch
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| Nov. 19 |
UNIT 22
Morphology of the red giant branch
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| Nov. 14 |
UNIT 21
Evolution on the red giant branch
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| Nov. 12 |
UNIT 20
Subgiant branch
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| Nov. 7 |
UNIT 19
Evolution on the main sequence
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| Nov. 5 |
UNIT 18
Homology on the main sequence
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| Oct. 31 |
UNIT 17
Brief overview of asteroseismology
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| Oct. 29 |
UNIT 16
More convection formulations
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- [notes]
- ASSIGNMENTS:
- Computer Problem 16.1 (DUE TUESDAY NOVEMBER 12 at class time)
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| Oct. 24 |
UNIT 15
Convective instability
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| Oct. 22 |
UNIT 14
Opacity sources
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| Oct. 10 |
UNIT 13
Energy transport by radiation
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| Oct. 8 |
UNIT 12
Thermodynamics with photons
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| Oct. 3 |
Usefulness of polytropes
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- Covered the material in Unit 9.4. See class notes.
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| Oct. 1 |
UNIT 11
Thermodynamics of an ideal gas
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- [notes]
- [Movie] of non-nuclear burning model in density-temperature space
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| Sep. 19 |
UNIT 10
Simple stellar models: Polytropes
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- [notes]
- ASSIGNMENTS:
- Computer Problem 10.1
- DUE TUESDAY OCT. 1: HW 2 (7.1, 8.1, 9.1) and Computer Problem 10.1
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| Sep. 17 |
UNIT 9
Hydrostatic equilibrium
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- [notes]
- ASSIGNMENTS:
- Problem 9.1
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| Sep. 12 |
UNIT 8
Density-temperature landscape
| - [notes]
- [movie] showing density-temperature profile evolution
- ASSIGNMENTS:
- Problem 8.1
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| Sep. 10 |
UNIT 7
Degenerate gas equation of state
| - [notes]
- ASSIGNMENTS:
- Problem 7.1
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| Sep. 5 |
UNIT 6
Ideal gas equation of state
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| Sep. 3 |
UNIT 5
Mean molecular weight
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| Aug. 29 |
UNIT 1, 4
thermal and nuclear timescales, partition functions
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- [notes]
- ASSIGNMENTS:
- Problem 1.3 (due September 3), Computer Problem 1.1 (due September 10)
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| Aug. 27 |
PART I - STELLAR STRUCTURE
UNIT 1: Equilibrium and Time Scales
Energy equilibrium, local thermodynamic equilibrium, evolutionary timescales |
- [notes]
- ASSIGNMENTS:
- Problems 1.1, 1.2 (likely due September 3)
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| Aug. 22 |
Introduction
- Overview |
- Notes: [slides] [article]
- ASSIGNMENTS:
- Read carefully the syllabus and MESA notes available in menu on the left
- Try to run MESA and do the first assignment in the MESA notes (Computer problem 0.)
- DUE: Sunday September 1, electronic submission in Canvas)
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