Classes
In Winter 2010 I will teach:
- ASTR 3 - Introductory Astronomy: The Solar System.
In 2008-09 I taught:
- ASTR 220A - Stellar Structure and Evolution. Survey of stellar structure and evolution. Physical properties of stellar material. Convective and radiative energy transport. Stellar models and evolutionary tracks through all phases. Comparison with observations.
- ASTR 112 - Physics of Stars. The leading observational facts about stars as interpreted by current theories of stellar structure and evolution. Spectroscopy, abundances of the elements, nucleosynthesis, stellar atmospheres, stellar populations. Final stages of evolution, including white dwarfs, neutron stars, supernovae.