Department of Physics

10ΥΚ101 Stellar Astrophysics

Course webpage:   https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/PHYS233

Course outline

Course content

• Radiative transfer: Specific intensity, flux, pressure, equation of radiative transfer, simple case solutions, optical depth, scattering, mean free paths, black-body properties, thermodynamical equilibrium, Einstein coefficients.
• Stellar interiors. Post main-sequence evolution. Massive Stars. Variable Stars.
• Star formation. Protostars. Hayashi Track.
• Stellar Atmospheres.
• Binary Stars. Mass determination and evolution. Examples of evolved binary stars.
• Compact stars: White dwarfs, neutron stars, pulsars, interior and magnetospheres, supernova explosions and remnants, black holes, X-ray binary systems.