Physics and Astronomy - Course Details
PHYS560: Stellar Evolution (PAST/FUTURE SEMESTER)
Offering:
Spring, 3 credits
Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: Graduate status or PHYS 342 or PHYS 344
View Additional Prerequisites
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.
Instructor(s):
LEE, KYONG-SOO
Email:
soolee@purdue.edu
Textbook(s) for Spring 2022
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | Req/Opt | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Physics of Stars | A.C. Phillips | 2nd; (May 4, 1999) | 978-0471987987 | Wiley & Sons | Required |
Course Admin