| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 14 | Degenerate Matter Chandra Mass White Dwarfs |
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| 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 |
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| 22 | Cepheid Variables X-ray Binaries |
Problem set 9 due |
| 23 | Black Holes Interstellar Medium Dust Extinction |
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| 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 |
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| 26 | Shocks Supernova Remnants |
