Class meets TTh 1:30 - 2:50 pm, Rm. PAA A210 (and B356)

Syllabus Calendar	Lectures Learning Objectives for Each Lesson
Assignments
IDL Programming Basics 1 || IDL Assignment 1	Modeling Continuous Opacities in a Solar-Type Atmosphere Instructions temp_pelog.dat input values of temperature and log10(pressure) Table of Continuous Opacities (kappa per gram) to check your results IDL program for plotting the opacity data (overly complicated; modifications may be needed)
IDL Programming Basics 2 || IDL Assignment 2 C and O Problem 3.9 IDL program Physical Constants
Interior Code BZAMS Graphs from BZAMS3, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 5.0, 10.0, and 20.0 Msun

Reference Material

Annual Review Article on Absolute Magnitude Calibrations of Population I and II Cepheids and other Pulsating Variables in the Instabiity Strip of the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram

First Fruits of the Spitzer Space Telescope: Galactic and Solar System Studies

Carroll & Ostlie, An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics [required text]

Hansen, Kawaler, Trimble: Stellar Interiors Physical Principles, Structure, and Evolution, 2nd ed., 2004

The Fundamentals of Stellar Astrophysics: An on-line, graduate-level text on astrophysics.

Bohm-Vitense, Erica, Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics, Vols. 1 - 3

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