AST 309N - Lives and Deaths of the Stars

AST 309N

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Topics & Readings

Dates	Topic	Wheeler	Instructor's Notes
8/27-9/3	Review of Basic Principles	pp 1-10	Notes I [ pdf ]
9/8-13	The Sun	pp 11-21	Notes II [ pdf ]
9/15-20	Solar Neutrinos	pp 21-26	Solar Neutrino Family Tree [ pdf ]
9/22-29	Main Sequence Stars	--	III, pp 1-5 [ pdf ]
10/1 & 4	The Most Massive Stars	--	III, pp 6-12 [ pdf ]
10/6-11	Brown Dwarfs	pp 32-36	Notes III C [ pdf ]
10/15-22	Extrasolar Planets	--	Notes III D [ pdf ]
10/22-27	Aging of Low-Mass Stars	pp 27-32, 36-37	IV, pp 1-5 [ pdf ]
10/29-11/1	Aging of High-Mass Stars	pp 38-42, 80-94, ch 7	IV, pp 6-10 [ pdf ]
11/5-8	Neutron Stars/Pulsars	ch 8
11/10-12	Special Relativity	--	V A-D [ pdf ]
11/15-19	General Relativity	--	V E-F [ pdf ]
11/22-29	Black Holes	ch 9 & 10

22 November 2004
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