Astrophysics

2016 Fall semester

Alfred Bing-Chih Chen

Email: alfred@ncku.edu.tw
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Mon (2hr)
2016-09-12
2016-09-19
2016-09-26
2016-10-03
2016-10-10
2016-10-17
2016-10-24
2016-10-31
2016-11-07
2016-11-14
2016-11-21
2016-11-28
2016-12-05
2016-12-12
2016-12-19
2016-12-26
2017-01-02
2017-01-09

Topics
Fri(1hr)
Introduction, Radiation
2016-09-16
Radiation and energy transportation
2016-09-23
Radiation and energy transportation, Celestial mechanics
2016-09-30
Celestial mechanics
2016-10-07
2016-10-14 Virial theorem and tidal disruption, Thermonuclear Energy
Thermonuclear Energy
2016-10-21
Hydrostatic stellar model
2016-10-28
Interstellar medium and the birth of stars
2016-11-04
2016-11-11
Mid-term exam (11/07, 3hr)
Interstellar medium and the birth of stars
2016-11-18
Stellar evolution
2016-11-25
Convection and radiation zones inside a star
2016-12-02
2016-12-09 The end states of stars - white dwarf and Chandrasekhar limit
The end states of stars - Neutron star and black hole
2016-12-16
Binary stars
2016-12-23
Milkyway and expansion of the universe
2016-12-30
Big-bang theory and expansion of the universe
2017-01-06
2017-01-13
Final-term exam (1/9, 3hr)

Remark

Carroll & Ostlie, Modern Astrophysics,

Addison-Wesley (1996). [eBook]
Martin Harwit, Astrophysical Concept,
4th Ed., Springer (2006). [eBook]
Frank Shu, The Physical Universe: An
Introduction to Astronomy, University
Science Books (1982). [eBook]
Bowers & Deeming, Astrophysics I &
II, John and Bartlett (1984).

Rybicki and Lightman, Radiative

Processes in Astrophysics, WileyVCH (1985). [eBook]
Phillips, The Physics of Stars, 2nd
Ed., Wiley (1999). [eBook]
Binney and Merrifield, Galactic
Astronomy (1998).