Astronomy 113, Session 003
Review on Exam 2, which will be taken on March. 29, 2006
· Chap. 21 --- Stellar Evolution: After the Main Sequence
o Main sequence life time
o Red Giants
o Helium fusion and helium flash
o Stellar evolution in a cluster; Turn-off point
o Population I and Population II stars
o Cepheid variable; Period-luminosity Relation
o Mass transfer in binary system; Roche lobe
· Chap. 22 --- Stellar Evolution: The Deaths of Stars
o Horizontal-branch
o Asymptotic giant branch
o Carbon stars
o Planetary nebula
o White dwarf stars
o Chandrasekhar limit
o Supergiants and its onion core
o Supernova explosions
o Type 1 and Type 2 supernovae
· Chap. 23 --- Neutron Stars
o Neutron stars
o Pulsar
o Modeling pulsar
o What powers the Crab Nebula?
o Pulsar slowing and glitches
o Millisecond pulsar
o X-ray Burster
o Novae
· Chap. 24 --- Black Holes
o Two principles of special theory of relativity
o Length contraction and time dilation
o General theory of relativity
o Equivalence Principle
o Gravitational red shift
o Black holes
o Supermassive black holes
o Singularity and Event Horizon
o Schwarzschild radius