READING AND HOMEWORK ASSIGMENTS
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HW Assignments are due before 4:30PM on Friday of the week indicated (except as noted)
| Week of | Reading Assignment | HW Assignment |
| Jan 18 | Chap 1, Section 2.1 (Phillips) | none |
| Jan 25 Fri | cont. Chap 1, Chap 2 (Phillips) | Assignment 1 |
| Feb 1 | stellar properties, Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, star clusters | Assignment 2 |
| Feb 8 | thermodynamic state, degenerate eqns of state, radiation pressure | Assignment 3 |
| Feb 15 | basic thermo, specific heats, virial theorem | Assignment 4 |
| Feb 22 | hydrostatic equilibrium, polytropes | Assignment 5 |
| Mar 1 | white dwarfs, energy transport | None |
| Mar 8 | radiative transport | Assignment 6 |
| Mar 15 |
Spring Break |
None |
| Mar 22 | free-free opacity, electron scattering | Assignment 7 |
| Mar 29 |
Midterm TUESDAY March 30 Fri: convection |
none |
| Apr 5 | nuclear fusion reactions | Numerical Assignment 1 (due Tues) |
| Apr 12 | continue nuclear fusion reactions | Assignment 8 |
| Apr 19 | homologous stellar models | Assignment 9 |
| Apr 26 | grad student presentations (click here) | Assignment 10 |
| May 12 | FINAL EXAM | 8am-11am ARC 107 |
Please send any comments to Jack Hughes, jph //at\\ physics.rutgers.edu.
Revised April 8, 2010