Training, Support and Qualification Program

The Physics of the Stars

Instructors: apl. Prof. Dr. Pierre Capel; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Concettina Sfienti
Shortname: 08.128.7017
Course No.: 08.128.7017
Course Type: Vorlesung

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.
 

Anwesenheitspflicht

The validation of the course credits requires regular partecipation to the hand-on exercises and to the final seminars

Digital teaching

The lectures will be primarily held in presence. All material will be provided in digital form under LMS. Depending on the future course of the covid infections and of the operation mode of the university some lecture might be given online.

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

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 

Additional information

The course will be in English

Dates

Date (Day of the week) Time Location
10/27/2022 (Thursday) 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 2 der Kernphysik
11/03/2022 (Thursday) 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 2 der Kernphysik
11/10/2022 (Thursday) 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 2 der Kernphysik
11/17/2022 (Thursday) 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 2 der Kernphysik
11/24/2022 (Thursday) 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 2 der Kernphysik
12/01/2022 (Thursday) 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 2 der Kernphysik
12/08/2022 (Thursday) 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 2 der Kernphysik
12/15/2022 (Thursday) 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 2 der Kernphysik
12/22/2022 (Thursday) 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 2 der Kernphysik
01/12/2023 (Thursday) 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 2 der Kernphysik
01/19/2023 (Thursday) 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 2 der Kernphysik
01/26/2023 (Thursday) 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 2 der Kernphysik
02/02/2023 (Thursday) 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 2 der Kernphysik
02/09/2023 (Thursday) 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 2 der Kernphysik