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Syllabus and Reading List |  |
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Syllabus and Reading List | |
Readings in Carroll & Ostlie are required; those in Kartunnen et al. are optional.
| Week | Dates | Topics | Carroll & Ostlie Chapter/s | Kartunnen Chapter/s | Notes |
| 1 | 29 Sep - 3 Oct | Telescopes, Coordinates, Celestial Mechanics | 6,1,2 | 3,2,7 | |
| 2 | 6-10 Oct | Light, Color, Magnitudes, Spectral Lines | 3,5,8.1 | 4,5,6,9.1-9.4 | |
| 3 | 13-17 Oct | The Hertzsprung-Russell (HR) diagram | early parts of 9.4 all of 8.2 |
9.5,9.7,12.1 | |
| 4 | 20-24 Oct | Stellar Atmospheres, Radiative Transfer | remainder of 9 though
light on 9.3 |
review 5 again | Exam-1 |
| 5 | 27-31 Oct | Stellar Interiors, Energy Transport, Thermodynamics | 10(pp 315-319; 329-357; 365-373), 11(pp 381-394) | 11,12.3,12.8 | Midterm week
(no midterm this class) |
| 6 | 3-7 Nov | Fundamental Stellar Parameters, Binaries, Exo-solar Planets |
7, review 2.3 | 13,10 | |
| 7 | 10-14 Nov | Interstellar Medium, Star Formation, Pre-Main Sequence | 12 | 16.1-16.2,12.2 | |
| 8 | 17-21 Nov | Stellar Evolution, Stellar Remnants, Post-Main Sequence | 13 -- skim after page 514 | 12.4-12.5,16.5-16.6,15 |
Exam-2 |
| 9 | 24-28 Nov | Our Solar System: Physics, Census, and Formation | 18,19,20,21 (skim these; much more detail than we can cover in class) | 8 | Thanksgiving Week |
| 10 | 1-5 Dec | Our Galaxy: Structure and Kinematics | 22 | 17,18 | |
| 11 | 8-12 Dec | [Study/Exam Period] | review all listed above | review all listed above | Exam-3 |