The course is addressed to second year students. It consists of an introduction to the physics that determine the formation and evolution of stars. It also includes a presentation of the basic history in the developments of various astronomical concepts, as well as an extended coverage on the details of the physical processes in the Sun.
Monday, 15:00-17:00, Amphitheater ST
Wednesday, 15:00-17:00, Amphitheater ST
Friday, 14:00-16:00, Amphitheater ST (when necessary)
Introduction to Astronomy (Historical concepts - the Solar System), Distances and luminosities of celestial objects (Telescopes), Solar radiation and other stars (Solar constant - Black body radiation), Physical process in the Sun (Nuclear reactions - Nucleosynthesis - Photon Diffusion - Turbulence - Phenomena of the Solar atmosphere), Stellar clusters and the Hertzsprung - Russell diagram, Structure and Evolution of stars (Main sequence- Giant branch - Supernovae explosions), Stellar remnants (White Dwarfs - Neutron Stars - Black Holes), Double stars (Compact stars in a double system - accretion disks - jets).
"An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics" - B. Carroll, D. Ostlie
