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Lecture Notes

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1

Introduction

Equatorial coordinates and sidereal time

(PDF)
2

Galactic coordinates

Distances to stars

(PDF)
3Magnitudes (apparent and absolute) and color indices(PDF)
4

Spectral classification

The Kepler problem

(PDF)
5Parametric solution to Kepler(PDF)
6

Masses of stars

Mass radius relation

(PDF)
7Guest lecture: Mass measurements for exoplanets and our black hole(PDF)
8Guest lecture: Telescopes(PDF)
9Polytropic stars(PDF)
10

Classical and quantum statistics

The Saha equation

(PDF)
11

Equations of state

Application of Lane-Emden solution: White dwarfs

(PDF)
12Simple results for the sun and other stars(PDF)
13Radiative transport(PDF)
14

Opacities

Scaling laws

Convection

(PDF)
15

Energy generation

Coulomb penetration factor

(PDF)
16Nuclear "burning" in the sun and other stars(PDF)
17Evolution of stars of low, intermediate and high mass(PDF)
18Stellar atmospheres(PDF)
19Lines in stellar atmospheres(PDF)
20In-class exam
21Introduction to the interstellar medium(PDF)
22Photoionized nebulae (H II regions and planetaries)(PDF)
23Supernovae and shocks(PDF)
24Adiabatic supernova shocks(PDF)
25Galaxy morphology(PDF)
26

Quantifiable properties of galaxies

Collisional relaxation times

(PDF)
27Collisionless Boltzmann equation (cartesian) and its moments(PDF)
28Boltzmann and the 4 jeans equations (spherical)(PDF)
29Galaxy disks: Rotation and epicyclic motion(PDF)
30Galaxy models: Potentials, orbits, and distribution functions(PDF)
31Clusters of galaxies(PDF)
32

Evidence for the expansion and homegeneity of the universe

Newtonian derivation of Friedmann universe

(PDF)
33Galaxy formation(PDF)
34Friedman-Robertson-Walker metric(PDF)
35Friedman equation with radiation and other stuff(PDF)
36Supernovae and cosmic acceleration(PDF)
37Recombination and helium production(PDF)
38Fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background(PDF)

 








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