AS2001: Stellar Structure & Evolution

AS2001: Stellar Structure & Evolution

Course Texts

``Astronomy A Physical Perspective'' by Marc Kutner


Lecture Notes

Lecture 1 PDF

Lecture 2 PDF

Lecture 3 PDF

Lecture 4 PDF

Lecture 5 PDF

Lecture 6 PDF

Lecture 7 PDF

Lecture 8 PDF

Lecture 9 PDF

Lecture 10 PDF

Lecture 11 PDF

Lecture 12 PDF

Animations

The links below are to some animations that show the evolution of stars from the main sequence, both on an HR diagram and also slices through the star showing the different thermonuclear burning schemes during post main sequence evolution.

Evolution of a solar mass star

Evolution of a solar mass star illustrating nuclear burning zones inside the star