Date |
Day | Topic/Lecture Notes | HW | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/7 | M |
Introduction and Survey | GRA1 handout | |
| 1/9 | W | Solar abundances: Determination of and Results | Lodders2003 abundances (Format Z A deltaA) | |
| 1/11 | F | Abundances | ||
| 1/14 | M | Group exercise solar abundances | GRA1 due | |
| 1/16 | W | |||
| 1/18 | F | Extra solar abundances | HW1 due, HW2 handout | |
| 1/21 | M | No classes - Martin Luther King Day | ||
| 1/23 | W | Masses and Decays | AME2012 Q-value Notes | |
| 1/25 | F | HW2 due, HW3 handout | ||
| 1/28 | M | pp-chain | ||
| 1/30 | W | Intro astrophysical reaction rates | ||
| 2/1 | F | Reaction networks | HW3 due, HW4 handout | |
2/4 |
M | Stellar Structure | ||
| 2/6 | W | Main Sequence | ||
| 2/8 | F | CNO Cycle Group Exercise (no preparation) | HW4 due, HW5 handout | |
| 2/11 | M | Direct reaction rates | ||
| 2/13 | W | Presentation/Paper Topic Selection due | ||
| 2/15 | F | HW5 due, no new HW | ||
| 2/18 | M | Resonant reaction rates | ||
| 2/20 | W | |||
| 2/22 | F | Advanced Burning Stages | First outline of paper due, HW6 handout | |
| 2/25 | M | Laboratory measurements | ||
| 2/27 | W | |||
| 3/1 | F | Class Canceled | ||
| M | no class - Spring Break | HW7 handout (electronically) | ||
| W | no class - Spring Break | |||
| F | no class - Spring Break | |||
| 3/11 | M | First Midterm Exam | HW6 due | |
| 3/13 | W | Advanced burning stages | Outline of paper due | |
| 3/15 | F | Good presentations | HW7 due | |
| 3/18 | M | Supernovae | ||
| 3/20 | W | |||
| 3/22 | F | HW8 Handout | ||
| 3/25 | M | 44Ti Type Ias | ||
| 3/27 | W | Laboratory measurements | ||
| 3/29 | F | s-process | HW8 due | |
4/1 |
M | |||
| 4/3 | W | r-process | ||
| 4/5 | F | HW9 due, HW10 Handout |
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| 4/8 | M | |||
| 4/10 | W | |||
| 4/12 | F | HW10 due | ||
4/15 |
M | p-process | ||
| 4/17 | W | |||
| 4/19 | F | Neutron Stars | Term Paper Due | |
| 4/22 | M | |||
| 4/24 | W | rp-process | ||
| 4/26 | F | Second Midterm Exam | ||
| Finals week | Presentations |