Stars, AST 304
Outline
- Introduction
- Naked eye observations of the Sun (a typical star)
- Light
- Reading: Chapters 3, 5
- What we can observe
- Light as waves and photons
- Thermal (Blackbody) Radiation
- Doppler Shift
- Basic Quantum Mechanics: Uncertainty Principle
- Emission and Absorption of Light
- Observations
- The Sun (the closest star)
- Reading: Sections 11.2-3
- Mass-Luminosity Relation
- Reading: Chapter 7
- Measuring Flux
- Magnitude Scale, section 3.2
- Measuring Distance (r)
- section 3.1, pp 960-962
- Luminosity: L=4*pi*r2*F
- Measuring Mass - binary stars
- HR Diagram
- Reading: Chapter 8
- Measuring Temperature - color, spectral class, spectral line strength
- Hertzspring-Russell Diagram
- Composition, Populations
- Supplemental Reading:
- Bohm-Vitense, Intro. to Stellar Astrophysics: Vol 1.
Basic Stellar Observations and Data
- Equations
- Reading: Chapter 10
- Conservation of Mass
- Hydrostatic Equilibrium (Conservation of Momentum)
- Conservation of Energy
- Energy Flux
- Supplemental Reading:
- Schwarzschild, Structure and Evolution of the
Stars, chapter 2
- Physics
- Kinetic Theory
- Equation of State
- Supplemental Reading
- Dappen, Keady & Rogers in Solar Interior and
Atmosphere, eds. Cox, Livingston & Matthews, 112
- Feynman, Lectures on Physics, vol 1,
chapters 39-43
- Energy Transport
- Radiation
- Reading: Chapters 3, 5, 9
- Supplemental Reading
- Rybicki & Lightman, Radiative Proceses in
Astrophysics, chapter 1
- Clayton, Principles of Stellar Evolution and
Nucleosynthesis, chapter 3
- Feynman, Lectures on Physics, vol 1,
chapter 41
- Schwarzschild, Structure and Evolution of the
Stars, chapter 2
- Shu, The Physics of Astrophysics, I:
Radiation
- Opacity
- Reading: Section 9.2
- Supplemental Reading
- Clayton, Principles of Stellar Evolution and
Nucleosynthesis, chapter 3
- Dappen, Keady & Rogers in Solar Interior and
Atmosphere, eds. Cox, Livingston & Matthews,
112
- Rybicki & Lightman, Radiative Proceses in
Astrophysics, chapter 5
- Schwarzschild, Structure and Evolution of the
Stars, chapter 2
- Convection
- Reading: Section 10.4
- Supplemental Reading
- Schwarzschild, Structure and Evolution of the
Stars, chapter 2
- Spruit, Nordlund & Title, Ann. Rev. of
Astron. and Astrophys., 28, 263, 1990
- Topka & Title in Solar Interior and
Atmosphere, eds. Cox, Livingston & Matthews,
727
- Stein & Nordlund, Astrophys. J.,
499, 914-933, (1998) and Solar Phys.,
192, 91-108, (2000).
-
www.pa.msu.edu/~steinr/talks/conv99
(A talk on convection)
- Energy Generation
- Nuclear Reactions
- Nuclear Fusion Stages
- Reading: Section 10.3
- Supplemental Reading
-
www.pa.msu.edu/~steinr/isp205.s99/stars.outline.html#structure
(elementary astronomy page with lots of pictures)
- Bahcall, How the Sun Shines,
astro-ph/0009259
- Clayton, Principles of Stellar Evolution and
Nucleosynthesis, chapters 4, 5
- Parker & Rolfs in Solar Interior and
Atmosphere, eds. Cox, Livingston & Matthews,
31
- Schwarzschild, Structure and Evolution of the
Stars, chapter 2
- Stellar Structure
- Simple Models
- Supplemental Reading
- Stein in Stellar Evolution, eds Stein &
Cameron, 3-79
- Numerical Methods
- Reading: Appendix H
- Supplemental Reading
- Kippenhan, Weigert & Hoffmeister, in Methods in
Computational Physics, vol 7.
-
http://www-laog.obs.ujf-grenoble.fr/activites/starevol/FILES/prog.html
(Evolution codes)
- Models
- Reading: chapters 11, 13
- Supplemental Reading
-
www.pa.msu.edu/~steinr/isp205.s99/stars.outline.html#structure
(elementary astronomy page with lots of pictures)
- Tests:
- Helioseismology
- Reading: Section 14.5
- Supplemental Reading
- Christensen-Dalsgaard & Berthomieu in Solar
Interior and Atmosphere, eds. Cox, Livingston
& Matthews, 401
- Deubner & Gough, Ann. Rev. of Astron. and
Astrophys., 22, 593-619, 1984
- Gough & Toomre, Ann. Rev. of Astron. and
Astrophys., 29, 627, 1991
- Harvey, Physics Today, 48, 32, 1995
- Hill, Deubner & Isaak in Solar Interior and
Atmosphere, eds. Cox, Livingston & Matthews,
329
- Leibacher & Stein, in The Sun as a Star,
ed Jordan, chapter 10
- Neutrino Experiments
- Supplemental Reading
-
Neutrinos Reveal Split Personalities by John Bahcall, Nature,
412, 29-31, 2001.
-
Solar Neutrinos by John Bahcall,
Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
-
Neutrino Astrophysics by Esteban Roulet,
(Summer School on Astroparticle Physics and
Cosmology, 2000)
- Haxton, Ann. Rev. Astron. Astroph.,
33, 459, (1995)
- Bahcall, Neutrino Astrophysics,
Camb. U. Press, 1989
- M-L Relation
- Soon to come: Astroseismology
- Supplemental Reading
- Brown & Gilliland, Ann. Rev. of Astron.
andAstrophys., 32, 37, 1994
- Supplemental Reading
- Cox & Giuli, Principles of Stellar Structure,
vols 1 & 2, 1968
- Kippenhan & Weigert, Stellar Structure and
Evolution, 1990.
- Stellar Evolution
- History of Stellar Structure \& Evolution Theories
- Star Formation
- Reading: Chapter 12
- Supplemental Reading
- Avrett, Frontiers of Astrophysics, chapter 1
- Shu, Adams & Lizan, Ann. Rev. of Astron. and
Astrophys., 25, 23, 1987.
-
www.pa.msu.edu/~steinr/isp205.s99/stars.outline.html#evolution
(elementary astronomy page with lots of pictures)
- Low Mass Stars
- Reading: Chapter 13
- Supplemental Reading
- Chabrier & Baraffe, Ann. Rev. of
Astron. and Astrophys., 38, 337, 2000
- Iben, Ann. Rev. of Astron. and Astrophys.,
5, 571, 1967; 12, 215, 1974
-
www.pa.msu.edu/~steinr/isp205.s99/stars.outline.html#evolution
(elementary astronomy page with lots of pictures)
- Massive Stars
- Reading: Section 13.3
- Supplemental Reading
- Iben, Ann. Rev. of Astron. and Astrophys.,
5, 571, 1967; 12, 215, 1974
- Iben, in Stellar Evolution, eds. Chiu &
Muriel, 1-106, 1972
-
www.pa.msu.edu/~steinr/isp205.s99/stars.outline.html#evolution
(elementary astronomy page with lots of pictures)
- Pulsating Stars
- Reading: Chapter 14
- Supplemental Reading
- Baker in Stellar Evolution, eds Stein &
Cameron, 333-346
- King & Cox, PASP, 80, 365, 1968.
- Compact Stars (White Dwarfs & Neutron Stars)
- Reading: Chapter 15
- Supplemental Reading
- Avrett, Frontiers of Astrophysics, chapter 5
-
www.pa.msu.edu/~steinr/isp205.s99/stars.outline.html#evolution
(elementary astronomy page with lots of pictures)
- Supernova
- Reading: Section 13.3
- Supplemental Reading
- Hillebrandt & Niemeyer, Ann. Rev. Astron.
& Astrophys., 38, 191, 2000
- Woosley & Weaver, Scientific American,
32, August 1989.
- Woosley & Weaver, Ann. Rev. Astron.
& Astrophys., 24, 205, 1988
-
www.pa.msu.edu/~steinr/isp205.s99/stars.outline.html#evolution
(elementary astronomy page with lots of pictures)
- Black Holes
- Reading: Chapter 16
- Supplemental Reading
- Penrose, Scientific American, 37, May 1972.
- Hawking, Scientific American, 236,
34, 1977.
-
www.pa.msu.edu/~steinr/isp205.s99/stars.outline.html#evolution
(elementary astronomy page with lots of pictures)
- Tests:
- HR Diagram
- Supplemental Reading
- Lebreton, Ann. Rev. Astron. & Astrophys.
, 38, 35, 2000
- Chiosi, Bartelli & Bressan, Ann. Rev.
Astron. & Astrophys., 30, 235, 1992
- SN 1987A
- Supplemental Reading
- Podsiadlowski, Space Sci. Rev.,
66, 439, 1993.
- Woosley & Weaver, Scientific American,
32, August 1989.
- Arnett, Bahcall, Kirshner & Woosley, Ann.
Rev. Astron. & Astrophys., 27, 629,
1989
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