Stellar Astrophysics

Lecturers:

Stefan Jordan

ZAH/ARI, Mönchhofstr. 12-14, 69120 Heidelberg

Ralf Klessen
ZAH/ITA, Albert-Ueberle-Str. 2, 69120 Heidelberg

Registration: Please register for the tutorial group (Exercise group 1 or 2).

Location: The lecture and the tutorials will be held in person in the Kleiner Hörsaal, Philosophenweg 12. 

Lecture: Thursdays, 14:00-15:45

Tutorial Group 1: Thursday, 15:45-16:45 (Maltsev, Jordan)

Tutorial Group 2: Thursday, 16:45-17:45 (Martsev, Jordan)

Please submit the homework solutions online at this webpage. The link is found under 'My Groups' (and the selection of the lecture/group). The upload interface offers the possibility to hand in the homework together with other students from the group. The homework solutions need to be handed in by noon on Wednesday the week after they have been issued. 

Please comply with the current COVID regulations!

Lecture content: Stellar structure and evolution / stellar atmospheres / Sun

Preliminary Schedule:

20.4.23: Introduction & basic equations (Ralf Klessen)

27.4.23: Stellar structure equations (Ralf Klessen)

04.5.23: Timescales & virial balance (Ralf Klessen)

11.5.23: Equation-of-state (Ralf Klessen)

18.5.23: Himmelfahrt

25.5.23: Polytropic models (Ralf Klessen)

01.6.23: Energy transport (Stefan Jordan)

08.6.23: Fronleichnam

15.6.23: Energy production  (Stefan Jordan)

22.6.23: Main sequence (Stefan Jordan)

29.6.23: Stellar evolution to the AGB (Stefan Jordan)

06.7.23: Rotation, magnetic fields, stellar pulsations, (Stefan Jordan)

13.7.23: Late stages of stellar evolution(Stefan Jordan)

20.7.23: Stellar spectra (Stefan Jordan)

27.7.23: 10:00-12:00 CEST, written exam in the "Neuer Hörsaal", Philosophenweg 12, 

Seminar:

Time: 3 full days (July 31, August 1 and 2, 2023)

Location: Seminar Room 105, Philosophenweg 12

Time: 9:30-12.30 CEST, 14:00-17:00 CEST

This is the list of potential papers for the seminar:

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/public-libraries/Fckh_CYqTXeIGU0E3qd5PA

To submit your top three preferences, please send an email to jordan@ari.uni-heidelberg.de. Please be aware that only students who have met the module requirements are eligible to participate. However, there is an exception for PhD students who are not required to attend the tutorials but may voluntarily present a seminar talk without receiving credit points.