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Introduction |
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| 2 |
Kepler Problem
Binaries |
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| 3 |
Stellar Distances
Coordinates
Magnitudes |
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| 4 |
Color-color Diagrams
Spectral/Luminosity Classes |
Problem set 1 due |
| 5 |
Saha Equation |
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| 6 |
Radiation
Opacity
Radiative Diffusion |
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| 7 |
Equations of Stellar Structure
Convection |
Problem set 2 due |
| 8 |
Convection (cont.)
Modeling
Polytropes
Energy Sources |
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| 9 |
Nuclear Reaction Rates
Hydrogen Burning: pp, CNO |
Problem set 3 due |
| 10 |
H/He Burning
Nucleosynthesis
Low-M Stars |
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| 11 |
Stellar Evolution: Lower Main Sequence
Cluster H-R |
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| 12 |
S-C Limit
Solar Neutrinos
Degenerate Matter |
Problem set 4 due |
| 13 |
Midterm Exam |
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| 14 |
Degenerate Matter
Chandra Mass
White Dwarfs |
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| 15 |
White Dwarf Cooling
Intrinsically Variable Stars |
Problem set 5 due |
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Upper Main Sequence: Evolution of Massive Stars |
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| 17 |
Supernovae
Collapsars
GRBs |
Problem set 6 due |
| 18 |
Neutron Stars
Pulsars (Guest Lecturer: David Kaplan) |
Problem set 7 due |
| 19 |
Sun as a Star (Guest Lecturer: Justin Kasper) |
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| 20 |
Gravitational Radiation (Guest Lecturer: Ryan Lang) |
Problem set 8 due |
| 21 |
Close Binaries
Accretion Disks |
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| 22 |
Cepheid Variables
X-ray Binaries |
Problem set 9 due |
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Black Holes
Interstellar Medium
Dust Extinction |
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| 24 |
Star Formation
Jeans Criterion
IMF
Brown Dwarfs |
Problem set 10 due |
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Gas in the Interstellar Medium
Heating and Cooling
21 cm and CO |
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| 26 |
Shocks
Supernova Remnants |
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