This page contains notes and other information concerning the 2016(1st Semester) senior module, part of the course.
Date | Lecture | Topic | Lecture notes | Links |
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Tue 1 Mar | Lecture 1 | Introduction | ||
Wed 2 Mar | Lecture 2 | Radiation processes | ||
Fri 4 Mar | Lecture 3 | Emission and absorption | ||
Tue 8 Mar | Lecture 4 | Sources of radiation | ||
Wed 9 Mar | Lab 1 | Lab 1: Line formation | ||
Fri 11 Mar | Lecture 5 | Stellar structure | ||
Tue 15 Mar | Lecture 6 | The main sequence | • by John Bahcall (1969) on Davis' experiment | |
Wed 16 Mar | Lecture 7 | Stellar evolution 1 | • Carroll & Ostlie, Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, chapter 13: . Read section 13.2 carefully, and relate it to what you see in Computer labs 2 and 3. | |
Fri 18 Mar | Lab 2 | Lab 2: Stellar evolution 1 | ||
Tue 22 Mar | Lecture 8 | Stellar evolution 2 | ||
Wed 23 Mar | Lecture 9 | Supernovae | • (1.9 Mb); Original from (click on Movies/) • (4.1 Mb); Original from | |
Mid-semester break | ||||
Tue 5 Apr | Lecture 10 | Stellar remnants | ||
Wed 6 Apr | Lecture 11 | Binary stars | • Article about stable orbits in by Ivars Peterson • Java applet showing some of the incredibly weird orbits: and | |
Fri 8 Apr | Lab 3 | Lab 3: Stellar evolution 2 | ||
Tue 12 Apr | Lecture 12 | Accretion energy | ||
Wed 13 Apr | Lecture 13 | Orbital evolution | • (5.1 Mb) Original from | |
Fri 15 Apr | Lab 4 | Lab 4: Roche lobes | ||
Tue 19 Apr | Lecture 14 | X-ray binaries | ||
Wed 20 Apr | Lecture 15 | SN Ia and LIGO and Review | | LIGO images and animations from | •
Last updated 20 April 2016