Astrophysics I

Calendar

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