COURSE OUTLINE
Lecturer: Prof. Jack Hughes, Busch Campus, Serin-307, Tel: (732)445-0980, e-mail: jph "at" physics.rutgers.edu
Grader: Yue Zhao, Busch Campus, ARC-226, Tel: (732)763-7931, e-mail: zhaoyue "at" physics.rutgers.edu
Textbook: The Physics of Stars, by A.C. Phillips (required) available from the bookstore
Books on Reserve (in the Physics Library, which is on the Allison Road side of the Physics and Astronomy Building):
Overview: Observed properties of stars. Internal structure of stars, energy generation and transport, neutrinos, solar oscillations. Evolution of isolated and double stars, red giants, white dwarfs, variable stars, supernovae. Challenges presented by formation of stars, importance of magnetic fields. Pre-main sequence stellar evolution.
Format: The course consists of 2 lectures each week on Tuesday and Friday from 10:20AM to 11:40AM in room 107 of the Allison Road Classroon Building (ARC), Busch Campus.
Homework Policy: Weekly homework (H/W) assignments will be posted on the Web. H/W is due by 4:30PM, Tuesday, of the week indicated. NO LATE HOMEWORKS WILL BE ACCEPTED - NO EXCEPTIONS. Plan to hand in your H/W before class on Tuesday. If you miss class on Tuesay, or want to turn it in early, please leave your H/W in Hughes' mailbox in room 241 Serin or slip it under his office door (Serin 307W). Access to these parts of Serin are restricted after 4:30PM, so be sure to plan ahead!
Assessment: In addition to weekly homework, there will be at least 2 detailed numerical calculations that will require you to write programs in a software package (e.g., java, Fortran, c, c++, IDL, etc.). There will be midterm and final exams. The graduate students in the course will present 30 minute lectures near the end of the semester on a topic in stellar physics not covered in class.
Announcements: Special announcements will be posted on the web. The home page for the course is http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/ugrad/441/
Office Hours: You may come by Prof. Hughes' office anytime (best to phone or e-mail first) or send him brief questions via e-mail.
Please send any comments to Jack Hughes, jph "at" physics.rutgers.edu.
Revised January 21, 2008