ASTRO 6560 - [Theory of Stellar Structure and Evolution]

(crosslisted) PHYS 7667

Fall. Next offered 2016-2017. 4 credits.

Prerequisite: physics at the advanced undergraduate-level. Though helpful, no astronomy background required.

I. Wasserman.

Intended to provide a systematic development of stellar astrophysics, both theory and observations. Topics include hydrostatic equilibrium; equation of state; radiation transfer and atmospheres; convection and stellar turbulence; nuclear burning and nucleosythesis; solar neutrinos; star formation; pre-main sequence stars; brown dwarfs; end states of stellar evolution (white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes); supernovae; interacting binary stars; stellar rotation and magnetic fields; stellar pulsations; winds and outflows.