Reading Assignments

Exam 1:

Chapter 6 Supernovae, Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
Chapter 1 Introduction, 1.1, 1.2.1, 1.3.1, 1.3.2
Chapter 2, 2.1, Chapter 5 White Dwarfs, 5.1

Exam 2:

Sections 6.1, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6
Betelgeuse interlude
Background: Sections 1.2.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5

Exam 3:

Chapter 6, end of Section 6 (binary evolution), Section 6.7 (radioactive decay), Chapter 7 (SN 1987A)
Background in Chapters 3, 4, 5
Background: Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.8, 3.10, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.2, 5.4 (binary stars and accretion disks)