ASTR 555

PROTOSTARS AND PLANETS

Credit Hours: 3 · Graduate

Physics of star and planet information, including molecular cloud dynamics and chemistry, circumstellar accretion disks, jets, dust, debris disks, atmospheres rotation, and magnetic fields of young stars, binaries, brown dwarfs, comets, Kuiper belt objects, giant planet formation and discoveries of extra solar planets.

Prerequisites & course information

Short Title: PROTOSTARS AND PLANETS Department: Physics and Astronomy Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Lecture Credit Hours: 3 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Course Level: Graduate Prerequisite(s): ASTR 451

Sources

Course catalogue ↗2026–2027