Steps

• Decide on a topic with Bengt.
• Search the library and the Web for suitable books and articles.
• Write and submit a report, with at least two A4 pages of text, on the chosen topic.
  Include a reference list according to the format used in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
• Do a presentation of at least 15 minutes to the entire class.
  Be sure to provide copies of your report for the other students.

Topics

Below is a list containing some possibilities to help you choose a good topic for a presentation.
Feel free to discuss your own suggestions with Bengt!

Topics marked below with an asterisk (*) could also be done by a team of two people preparing together.
However, remember that each person must still do a separate essay and presentation!

Topic	Taken by
r- and s-process nucleosynthesis
Helioseismology (and asteroseismology)*
Recent theories of star formation
Pre-main sequence evolution	MT
Wolf-Rayet stars	SF
Cepheids (and other pulsating stars)*	DA
Red giants	CB
White dwarfs	PN
Novae	EB
Models for Type Ia supernovae	TM
The Chandrasekhar mass limit	LM
Core-collapse supernovae
Neutron stars (and pulsars)*	KW
...any other topic that has been checked with Bengt...

Literature search

• The astronomy textbooks in the library are useful for learning the basics, of course.
• For looking up terms and general reference, you may want to have a look at the Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, which you can find in the library on the "new book" shelf, next to the recent journals. (Please note that new books and reference books like this may not be borrowed and must remain in the library.)
• Books are good for background but often do not include the most recent developments in the field. It is very useful if you can find recent review articles, for example in Annual Reviews of Astronomy & Astrophysics (ARA&A) or Astronomy and Astrophysics Review (A&ARv), both of which are in the library.
• Another good place to search for articles is the abstract service of NASA's Astrophysics Data System. If you cannot give the name of an author, type your subject under "Title words" or "Text words" (in quotation marks if it is more than one word). You will probably get a list with far too many articles. One way to narrow the search is to limit it to one journal like ARA&A or A&ARv. Click on the box for "Selected journals" and entering the journal's abbreviation there.