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May 03, 2024
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ASTRO 6560 - [Theory of Stellar Structure and Evolution](crosslisted) (also PHYS 7667 ) 4 credits.
Prerequisite: physics at the advanced undergraduate-level. Though helpful, no astronomy background required. Next offered 2014-2015.
D. Chernoff.
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.
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