Stellar structure and evolution
HT2006, 5 pts.
Requirements
The formal requirements for this course are:- Mathematics: 20 points and physics: 40 points
- Basic astronomy (Astronomisk översikt): 5 points
- Astrophysical processes: 5 points
(one of Astrophysical dynamical processes or Astrophysical radiation processes, but ideally both)
For a review of the physics of gaseous systems and of radiation, please read chapter 3 and appendix 1 of the textbook before the first lecture of the course (see menu item Material).
For the computer exercise you will use programs written in IDL and running under UNIX. If you are new to UNIX, please read this Basic UNIX Tutorial. To become familiar with the basics of IDL, go through one of the IDL tutorials listed here or any other IDL tutorial found by searching Google for "idl tutorial -java" (without quotes).