Syllabus (pdf) Bibliography (pdf) (NEW!) Astrophysics Formulae (pdf) Lecture 1 (pdf) [Basic properties and observations of Stars] Lecture 2 (pdf) [More on Magnitudes, and background on the Sun] Lecture 3 (pdf) [More on stars, hydrostatic equation, virial theorem etc] Lecture 4 (pdf) [Polytropes] Lecture 5 (pdf) [The Sun as a Polytropes, White Dwarfs] Lecture 6 (pdf) [Radiative Transfer] Lecture 7 (pdf) [Convection] Lecture 8 (pdf) [Thermonuclear Reactions] Lecture 9 (pdf) [Homologous Stars] Lecture 10 (pdf) [Stellar Evolution] Cosmology 1 (pdf) [Introduction] Cosmology 2 (pdf) [Robertson-Walker Metric] Cosmology 2 (pdf vs6) Cosmology 3 (pdf) [Friedmann Equations] Cosmology 3 (pdf vs6) Cosmology 4 (pdf) [Friedmann Equations Cont.] Cosmology 4 (pdf vs6) Cosmology 5 (pdf) [Brief History of Time] Cosmology 6 (pdf) [Obtaining Parameters] Cosmology 7 (pdf) [Jeans Instability] Cosmology 8 (pdf) [Linear Theory] Cosmology 9 (pdf) [Peculiar Velocities] Cosmology 10 (pdf) [Top Hat & Open Universe] Cosmology 11 (pdf) [Initial Conditions] Cosmology 12 (pdf) [Jeans Mass] Cosmology 13 (pdf) [Mass of Galaxies: Cooling] Cosmology 7-13 (pdf) [Combined] Problem Sets Problem Set 1 (pdf) Problem Set 1 (small jpg) (Due: Wed 12 Nov, 2003) Note: Problem 2 is missing that the effective temperature is 30,000K. Also, look at the following note to save yourself time. Solution to Problem Set 1   (pdf) ; Problem Set 2 (pdf) Problem Set 2 (small jpg) (Due: Wed 19 Nov, 2003) Solution to Problem Set 2   (pdf) ; Problem Set 3 (pdf) Problem Set 3 (small jpg) (Due: Wed 26 Nov, 2003) Solution to Problem Set 3   (pdf) ; Problem Set 4 (pdf) Problem Set 4 (small jpg) (Due: Sun 7 Dec, 2003) Solution to Problem Set 4   (pdf) ; Problem Set 5 (pdf) (Due: Sun 21 Dec, 2003) Solution to Problem Set 5   (pdf) ; Problem Set 6 (pdf) Solution to Problem Set 6   (pdf) ; (Due: Sun 21 Dec, 2003) It is required to submit at least 4 out of the 6 stellar structure problem sets. It is highly encouraged to solve all of them!! Cosmology Prob Set 1 (pdf) (Due: Thu 8 Jan, 2004) Cosmology Prob Set 2 (jpg) (Due: Thu 22 Jan, 2004) |
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