Week |
Day |
Topic |
Reading |
HW |
| Theory: Introduction to Modeling Stellar Atmospheres | ||||
01 |
6-Jan | Review of Fundamentals (A210) | B-V2* Ch. 1 - 4 |
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| 8-Jan | Reading Quiz 1*** (due 13-Jan) | |||
02 |
13-Jan | Stellar Atmospheres (A210) | B-V2 Ch. 5 - 6 | Reading Quiz 2 (due 20-Jan) |
| 15-Jan | B-V2 Ch. 7 | Reading Quiz 3 (due 27-Jan) | ||
03 |
20-Jan | Programming Techniques (B 356) | Handout | Step 1 & 2 completed |
| 22-Jan | Modeling Atmospheres (B 356) | Step 3 & 4 completed | ||
04 |
27-Jan | Basic opacity equations (B 356) | Handout | Step 5 completed; Combine all parts/plot |
| 29-Jan | Model Atmos. Report (due 10-Feb) | |||
05 |
3-Feb | Non-greyness; line formation (A210) | B-V2 Ch. 8, 10, 12 | Reading Quiz 4 (due 7-Feb) |
| 5-Feb | Curve of growth analysis (A210) | |||
Theory: Introduction to Modeling Stellar Interiors |
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06 |
10-Feb | Radiative transfer and line formation (B356) | ||
| 12-Feb | Convective Instability; Basic Equations (A210) Stellar Convection |
B-V3** (Ch. 1-4) Ch. 5, 6, 7, 9 | Reading Quiz 5 (due 23-Feb., 11:00 pm) | |
07 |
17-Feb | Stellar Interiors (B 356) | BZAMS instructions
FORTAN program |
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| 19-Feb | Stellar Interiors (B 356) | BZAMS Project (due 27-Feb) | ||
08 |
24-Feb | Stellar Pulsation (A210) | B-V3 Ch. 18, 19 | Reading Quiz 6 (due 2-Mar, 11:00 pm) |
| 26-Feb | Pulsation (B356) | Pulsation Code Project (due 6-Mar) | ||
| Observations: Star Formation, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Populations (A210 for rest of quarter) | ||||
09 |
3-Mar | Star Formation: An On-line Lecture | B-V3 Ch. 20 | |
| 5-Mar | Star Formation (cont.)
MS evolution (if you finish star formation) Watch Stars Evolve (direct link) |
B-V3 Ch. 10, 11 (12, 13) | ||
10 |
10-Mar | Post-MS Evolution | B-V3 Ch. 14, 15, 16 | Reading Quiz 7 will be incorporated into the final. |
| 12-Mar | Application to stellar populations | B-V3 Ch. 17 + Handouts | ||
11 |
Take-Home Final Exam Due Friday, March 20, 5 pm | |||
*B-V2 refers to Böhm-Vitense, Erika, Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics Vol. 2, Stellar Atmospheres (Cambridge University Press, 1989)
**B-V3 refers to Böhm-Vitense, Erika, Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics Vol. 3, Stellar Structure and Evolution ( Cambridge University Press, 1992)
*** For the reading quizzes, you can save a partial effort and come back to finish it later. You can change answers before submitting but not afterwards.