College of Science

PHYS/ASTR 560 (PHYS56000) Spring 2008

Announcements

04/26/2008

04/15/2008

Stellar Evolution

Current session: NOT IN SESSION

Offering: Sem. 2, Class 3, Cr. 3

Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PHYS 330 and 342, or equivalent.

Description: This course is intended as an introduction to the birth, life, death, and afterlife of stars at the upper division undergraduate/beginning graduate level. Topics covered during the semester include the observational basis of astrophysics, the formation of stars on the main sequence, the physical properties of stellar material, energy generation in stars, nucleosynthesis of the elements, supernovae and their remnants, white dwarf stars, and neutron stars.

Textbook(s) for Spring 2008
Course Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
PHYS560 An Introduction to the Theory Stellar Structure and Evolution Dina Prialnik Latest 0-521-65937-X Cambridge University Press