Physics 467: Topics in Astrophysics

Snygg 124, MWF 1.50-2.45pm.

Spring 2008

Dr. Shashi M. Kanbur, 124A Snygg Hall

Phone: 412-2679
Email: kanbur@oswego.edu
Office Hours: Monday:4-5pm, Thursday 9.30-10.30am, Fridays 10-11am or call or email to make an appointment
Course Website: http://www.physics.oswego.edu/~kanbur/phy313/index.html
Textbook: The Physics of Stars , by A. C. Phillips
Textbook: First Principles of Cosmology , by E. V. Linder

  • The web site to download the Hubble Redshift Relation Lab is here

  • The student manual for this lab is here

  • Chapter 1: Overview: Notes

  • Sample pre-main sequence evolutionary tracks are here

  • Some basic notes on stellar evolution are here

  • HR/CM diagrams of some open/globular clusters is here

  • A link to open star clusters is here

  • The n-body java code is here

  • The static stellar structure code is here

  • The Orbital dynamics code is here

  • The Galaxy collision code is here

  • The Saha Ionization code is here

  • Chapter 2: Properties of Matter: here

  • Chapter 3: Temperature Gradients in Stars: here

  • Chapter 5: Notes on Stellar Structure are here

  • Radiative Transfer: here

  • Notes on Variable Stars and the Cepheid distance scale are here

  • The paper on the Cepheid PL relation is here