STELLAR INTERIORS AND EVOLUTION
Physical principles, equilibrium of gaseous spheres, energy transport, energy generation, nucleosynthesis, main sequence red giant and electron degenerate stars. Advanced topics such as origins of stellar variability, binary star evolution, star formation, supernovae explosions, evolution with mass loss.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply basic physical principles and mathematical techniques to understand the structure, evolution and ultimate fates of stars. Audience: Graduate 2. Think like a scientist, applying heuristics such as dimensional analysis and order-of-magnitude estimation to obtain quick insights into unfamiliar systems. Audience: Graduate 3. Manipulate, analyze and present data from numerical simulations using Python / Jupyter Lab. Audience: Graduate 4. Communicate scientific concepts and results clearly to your peers. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply basic physical principles and mathematical techniques to understand the structure, evolution and ultimate fates of stars. Audience: Graduate 2. Think like a scientist, applying heuristics such as dimensional analysis and order-of-magnitude estimation to obtain quick insights into unfamiliar systems. Audience: Graduate 3. Manipulate, analyze and present data from numerical simulations using Python / Jupyter Lab. Audience: Graduate 4. Communicate scientific concepts and results clearly to your peers. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027