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Pressure balance. Energy transport via radiation and convection. Introduction to stellar structure. Structure of the Sun.
Please read the following in Carroll & Ostlie.
| 10.3 | Stellar Energy Sources |
| The Luminosity Gradient Equation — Stellar Nucleosynthesis and Conservation Laws — The Proton-Proton Chain | |
| 10.4 | Energy Transport and Thermodynamics |
| The Radiative Temperature Gradient — The Pressure Scale Height — The Adiabatic Temperature Gradient — A Criterion for Stellar Convection | |
| 10.5 | Stellar Model Building |
| A Summary of the Equations of Stellar Structure — The Constitutive Relations — Boundary Conditions | |
| 11.1 | The Solar Interior |
| The Evolutionary History of the Sun — The Present-Day Interior Structure of the Sun — The Solar Neutrino Problem: A Detective Story Solved | |
| 14.5 | Helioseismology and Asteroseismology |
| The Five-Minute Solar Oscillations — Differential Rotation and the Solar Convection Zone — Tests of Composition | |
Problem Set #8: Due 20 November 2012.
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Joshua E. Barnes
(barnes at ifa.hawaii.edu)
Updated:
16 November 2012
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