Listing of Topics, Reading, and Corresponding Assignments
Week |
Day |
Topic |
Reading |
HW |
| Theory: Introduction to Modeling Stellar Atmospheres | ||||
01 |
8-Jan | Review of Fundamentals (A210) | C&O 3, 5, 8 |
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| 10-Jan | Reading Guide Ch. 9 | |||
02 |
15-Jan | Stellar Atmospheres (A210) | C&O 9.1 - 9.3 | Programming in IDL #1, #2 (due 22-Jan) |
| 17-Jan | C&O 9.4 - 9.5 | (See course home page for links to IDL assignment) | ||
03 |
22-Jan | Programming Techniques (B 356) | Handout | Step 1 & 2 completed |
| 24-Jan | Modeling Atmospheres (B 356) | Step 2 & 3 completed | ||
04 |
29-Jan | Basic opacity equations (B 356) | Handout | Step 4 completed |
| 31-Jan | Step 5 completed | |||
05 |
5-Feb | Modeling Opacity (B 356) | Handout | Combine all parts/plot |
| 7-Feb | Model Atmos. Report (due 14-Feb) | |||
Theory: Introduction to Modeling Stellar Interiors |
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06 |
12-Feb | Stellar Interiors Basic Equations (A210) | C&O 10 + Handouts | Reading Guide Ch. 10 |
| 14-Feb | Stellar Interiors (B 356) | BZAMS | ||
07 |
19-Feb | Interiors discussion (A210) | References | |
| 21-Feb | Stellar Interiors (B 356) | BZAMS Project (due 28-Feb) | ||
08 |
26-Feb | Stellar Pulsation (A210) | C&O 14 | Reading Guide Ch. 14 |
| 28-Feb | Pulsation (B356) | Pulsation Code Project (due 6-Mar) | ||
| Observations: Star Formation, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Populations (A210 for rest of quarter) | ||||
09 |
4-Mar | Star Formation | C&O 12 | Reading Guide Ch. 12 |
| 6-Mar | MS evolution | C&O 13 | Reading Guide Ch. 13 | |
10 |
11-Mar | Post-MS Evolution | Balick - Planetary Nebulae | |
| 13-Mar | Application to stellar populations | C & O 13.3 + Handouts | ||
11 |
Take-Home Final Exam Due Friday, March 21 | |||