ASTRO 6560

Physics of Stars, Neutron Stars and Black Holes

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Intended to provide a systematic development of stellar astrophysics, both theory and observations. Topics include: hydrostatic equilibrium, equation of state, radiation transfer and atmospheres, convection and stellar turbulence, nuclear burning and nucleosynthesis, solar neutrinos, star formation, pre-main sequence stars, brown dwarfs, end states of stellar evolution (white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes), supernovae, interacting binary stars, stellar rotation and magnetic fields, stellar pulsations, winds and outflows.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: physics at the advanced undergraduate-level.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 2024FA, 2023SP, 2020FA

When Offered Spring.

Comments No astronomy background required, but is helpful.

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