Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2014-2015
ASTR 451 - ASTROPHYSICS I: SUN AND STARS
Long Title: ASTROPHYSICS I: SUN AND STARS
Department: Physics and Astronomy
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): (ASTR 350 OR ASTR 360 AND (PHYS 301 AND PHYS 302
Description: Physics of stellar atmospheres, interiors and evolution. Polytropes, nucleosynthesis, radiative transfer, convection, oscillations, opacities, curves of growth, spectral line theory and observation.