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Instructors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Wurm
Event type:
hybrid: Lecture/practice class
Displayed in timetable as:
Hours per week:
4
Credits:
6,0
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
- | -
Requirements / organisational issues:
The course is directed mainly at M.Sc. students. Interested B.Sc. and PhD students are very welcome!
Contents:
The lecture series will give an introduction in the physics of stars, their evolution and observation. In this, a variety of topics in modern physics will be touched, reaching from classical astro physics (stellar structure, optical observation) to problems in nuclear physics (nucleosynthesis in stars, equation of state of neutron stars) to aspects of astro particle physics (solar neutrinos, gravitational waves).
Table of Contents (preliminary)
1. The Sun: optical observation, the Standard Solar Model, solar fusion and neutrinos, helioseismology, solar magnetism
2. Stars: observation and classification, star formation, life on the main sequence, late evolution stages
3. Stellar remnants: thermonuclear and core-collapse supernovae, neutron stars, nucleosynthesis
4. Extreme gravity: general relativity, black holes, gravitational waves
Recommended reading list:
M. Stix
The Sun - An Introduction
Springer 2002
Bradley W. Carroll, Dale A. Ostlie
An introduction to Modern Astrophysics
Pierson Addison-Westley 2006, 2. Auflage
Digital teaching:
Together with the students, we will decide on day one whether the lecture will be in a hybrid format or fully online.
Here the zoom link for the first lecture:
https://zoom.us/j/7235247164?pwd=UzR5L0hUTGpjQ2tGZTFVZGZWWTBKUT09
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