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קורס "אסטרופיזיקה כוכבית"

האסטרופיזיקה הבסיסית של מבנה כוכבים ביקום.


Course: "The Astrophysics of Stars in the Universe"

The Sun as a star.
Time scales: dynamical, thermal, nuclear.
Virial Theorem, thermostat.
Chemical abundances.
Photon diffusion.
Equations of stellar structure.
Radiative transfer, and opacity.
Stars beyond the sun.
Spectral classification, populations.
Nuclear energy generation.
pp and CNO cycles.
Neutrinos.
Homology relations, and the Main Sequence.
Convection, mixing length theory.
Statistical mechanics for stars.
Polytropes.
Eddington model.
Degenerate matter and white dwarfs.
White dwarf cooling and crystallization.
Red Giants, triple-alpha.
Stellar evolution.
Hayashi tracks.
Neutron stars.
Asterseismology.

Books:
1. "Stellar Structure and Evolution" Kippenhahn & Weigert
2. "Theory of Stellar Structure" Prialnik