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CSI 661 / ASTR 530 - Spring 2011
 Astrophysics

Prof. Jie Zhang
corona magnetic field

Class Notes (Last Modified: Feb. 16, 2011)

# Date Notes References
* Jan. 26, 2011 Class Cancelled Due to Snow Storm
CH02 (Reading Assignment)
1 Feb. 02, 2011 Syllabus (PPT, 1 MB)
The Prelude (PPT, 8 MB)
CH02 (Reading Assignment)
2 Feb. 09, 2011 Overview of Stellar Evolution - Part 1- The Basics  (PPT, 4 MB)
Introduction - Governing Equations of Stellar Structure (scanned PDF, 3 MB)
Appendix A
CH1.1
CH7.1
3 Feb. 16, 2011 Preliminaries: Virial Theorem and Its Applications (scanned PDF, 4 MB)
CH1.2, CH1.3
4 Feb. 23, 2011 Overview of Stellar Evolution - Part 2 - Stellar Evolution (PPT, 4 MB)
Preliminaries: Constant Density Model, molecular weight (scanned PDF, 4 MB)
CH2.2 --- CH2.6
CH1.4
5 Mar. 02, 2011 Equations of State: - Part 1 (scanned PDF, 7 MB) CH3.1 - CH3.4
6 Mar. 09, 2011 Equations of State -  Part 2 (scanned PDF, 7 MB) CH3.5 - CH3.7
* Mar. 16, 2011 Spring Break March 14 - 20
7 Mar. 23, 2011 Radiative and Conductive Heat Transfer - Part 1 (scanned PDF, 6 MB) CH4.1 
8 Mar. 30, 2011 Midterm Exam   -  Review Sheet
Midterm Exam   -  Information Sheet
Radiative and Conductive Heat Transfer - Part 2 (scanned PDF, 2 MB)


CH4.2
9 Apr. 06, 2011 Radiative and Conductive Heat Transfer - Part 3  &
Heat Transfer by Convection - Part 1 (scanned PDF, 5 MB)
CH4.4
CH5.1.1
10 Apr. 13, 2011 Heat Transfer by Convection - Part 2  &
Stellar Modeling (scanned PDF, 5 MB)
CH5.1.2 - CH5.1.5
CH7.1 - CH7.2
* Apr. 20, 2011 No class,
Stellar Energy Sources   - Self Study
CH6
11 Apr. 27, 2011 Stellar Evolution, and Stellar Atmosphere - Part 1 (scanned PDF, 3 MB)
Stellar Atmosphere Introduction (PPT, 1 MB)
CH9.2.2, CH4.3
12 May 04, 2011 Stellar Atmosphere - Part 2 (scanned PDF, 5 MB)
Final Exam - Review Sheet (PDF)
Final Exam - Information Sheet (PDF)
Ch4.8
* May 11, 2011 Final Exam 4:30 - 7:15 PM