Current Assignment for Astro 580

• Week of April 19: Asteroseismology
  • HK&T Chapter 8, from 8.3 to end

• Week of April 5: The AGB and White Dwarfs
  • Assignment 5 Due April 20

• Reading, March 23-31
  • HK&T Chapter 7, through 7.2.3 and then 7.3
  • Schwarzschild, 96-101

• Reading, week of March 1 - through March 23
  • HK&T Chapter 6
  • Schwarzschild 73-88
• Problem Set 4: Due March 23
  
  • HK&T 6.1, 6.6, and 6.9 (Bonus for doing 6.8)

• Reading, week of February 17
  • H&K, Chapter 5
  • Schwarzschild, Section 7

• Reading, week of February 10
  • HK&T, Chapter 4 (after Tuesday)
  • Schwarzschild, Section 9 (after Tuesday)
• Problem Set 3: Due February 19 (Thursday)
  • HK&T, 3.1, 3.6, 3.8, and (optional, but for a bonus) 3.9

• Reading, week of February 3
  • HK&T, Chapter 3
  • Schwarzschild, section 8

• Reading, the weeks of January 20, 27
  • HK&T Chapter 2
  • Stahler, PASP 100, 1474 (recommended review of PMS)
• Problem set 2: Due February 10 (Tuesday)
  • HK&T Chapter 2, problems 2.4, 2.5, 2.7, 2.12, and 2.20

• Reading, the week of January 13:
  • Iben, Review of stellar evolution
  • HK&T, Chapter 1
  • Schwarzschild: pages 30-37
• Problem Set 1: Due January 27
  • HKT, Problems 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, and 1.6