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Instructors: apl. Prof. Dr. Pierre Capel; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Concettina Sfienti
Event type:
Lecture
Displayed in timetable as:
08.128.7017
Hours per week:
2
Credits:
3,0
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
- | -
Requirements / organisational issues:
In this course, the students will learn the basics of stellar physics.In addition to regular lectures, several sessions of hand-on exercises will be planned. At the end of the course, students will be required to give a presentation on a selected topic of stellar physics.
Compulsory attendance:
The validation of the course credits requires regular partecipation to the hand-on exercises and to the final seminars
Contents:
Star properties and classification - HR Diagram, Age of stars, Star formation and evolution Nuclear fusion in stars - Stellar Structure Endpoints of stellar evolution - Interstellar medium and galaxies
Recommended reading list:
"An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics" - Bradley W. Carroll and Dale A. Ostlie, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, 2017)-
"Cauldrons in the Cosmos" - Claus E. Rolfs and William S. Rodney, The University of Chicago Press (Chicago, 1988)
In addition, all the course materials will be made available under LMS
Additional information:
The course will be in English
Digital teaching:
The lectures will be held in presence. All material will be provided in digital form under LMS.
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