The Stellar Cookbook: A practical guide to the theory of stars (MVSpec)

This course consists of lectures on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 14:15 to 16:00 in Kleiner Hörsaal at Philosophenweg 12. The first lecture will be on Tuesday, 13th October 2026.

In the first half of the term, teaching will be via classical blackboard-style lectures that lay the foundation of stellar evolution. In contrast to classical lectures on stellar astrophysics, the second half is a practical course where students employ the stellar evolution code MESA to study the evolution and final fates of low-, intermediate- and high-mass stars. This allows us to follow the evolution of stars interactively, enabling us to investigate stellar structures in great detail. For the practical part, a laptop is required (all operating systems are supported). 

All course materials will be provided on this webpage.