Stellar Structure and Evolution
Fall 2000

Course description

Ekvationer för stjärnor i jämvikt. Termonukleära reaktioner. Teorier för stjärnutveckling. Teorin för grundämnesbildning under olika faser av stjärnornas utveckling. T Tauri-stjärnor. Vita dvärgar, supernovor, neutronstjärnor, pulsarer och svarta hål.

Lectures will be in Swedish, and exercises in English.

Preliminary schedule

Day	Date	Time	Class	Due
Thursday	August 31	10:15 - 12:00	Lecture 1	---
Thursday	September 7	10:15 - 12:00 16:00 - 17:00	Lecture 2 Tutorial	---
Tuesday	September 12	10:00		Problem set 1
Thursday	September 14	10:15 - 12:00 16:00 - 17:30	Lecture 3 Tutorial	---
Thursday	September 21	10:15 - 12:00	Lecture 4	Problem set 2
Thursday	September 28	10:15 - 12:00 16:00 - 17:30	Lecture 5 Tutorial	---
Thursday	October 5	10:15 - 12:00	Lecture 6	Problem set 3
Thursday	October 12	10:15 - 12:00 16:00 - 17:30	Lecture 7 Tutorial / lab	---
Thursday	October 19	10:15 - 12:00 13:15 - 17:30	Lecture 8 Computer lab	---
Thursday	October 26	10:15 - 12:00	Lecture 9	Lab report
Wednesday	November 1	13:00 - 15:00		Oral presentations
Thursday	November 2	10:15 - 12:00	Lecture 10	---
Monday	November 6	9:00-?	FINAL EXAM

Literature

Erika Böhm-Vitense, Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics, Volume 3, Stellar Structure and Evolution, Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Course requirements

Three problem sets (+10% bonus on final exam)
Computer lab and written lab report
Essay (at least 2 pages) and oral presentation (15 minutes)
Tip:
A good place to search for articles is the abstract service of NASA's Astrophysics Data System. Type your subject under "Title words" or "Text words" (in quotation marks if it is more than one word). The best strategy is to narrow the search to one journal, like ARA&A or A&ARv, by checking the box for "Selected journals" and entering the journal's abbreviation there.
Final exam

Staff

Lecturer: Bengt Edvardsson
Tutor: Michelle Mizuno-Wiedner

Uppsala Astronomical Observatory

Department of Astronomy and Space Physics

Uppsala University

Box 515

SE-751 20 Uppsala

SWEDEN