Take-home final

practice is here, will be due Fri Dec 20

Homeworks

Homework 1 due Wed Sep 18

Homework 2 due Wed Oct 9

Homework 3 due Wed Nov 13

Homework 4 due Wed Dec 4

Lecture Schedule and Notes

  • OUTLINE OF LECTURE PLAN--

    I. Overview of Stars: their M, R, and L
  • Overview of Basic Physics: Temperature, Pressure, Ideal Gases, Degeneracy, and Relativistic Mechanics
  • The Basic Logic of a Star
  • Overview of Force Balance: Virial Theorem
  • Overview of Inner/Outer Scale Decomposition
    II. Overview of Star Formation
  • Overview of Star Formation: Free-Fall vs. Kelvin-Helmholtz Time, Jeans Mass
    III. Overview of Stellar Interiors and Evolution
  • Overview of Stellar Interiors: High- and Low-Mass Stars
  • Overview of Stellar Evolution: High- and Low-Mass Stars

    IV. Inner-Scale Topics in Stellar Interiors: Heat and Momentum Transport

  • Structural Models: Polytrope models and the inner scale
  • Summary of what sets the luminosity of evolving stars

    Midterm #1 on overview concepts-- Mon Oct 14

    V. Binary Evolution
  • Roche Lobe Overflow
  • Types of Supernovae

    VI. Topics in Stellar Atmospheres: Radiative Transfer with Scattering
  • The radiative transfer equation
  • Using moment equations
    VII. Spectral Diagnostics
  • Limb Darkening
  • Line Profiles
  • Activity and Chromospheres

    Midterm #2 on inner scale polytropes, binaries, and atmospheres-- Wed Dec 4 (only radiative transfer in continuum and CRD lines from HW 3, not PRD lines)

    VIII. Moving Atmospheres: Winds and Disks
  • P Cygni Profiles
  • Double-Peaked Emission Lines
  • Final Take-Home Exam