This
PDF covers the following topics related to Astronomy : Introduction to
Astrophysics, Size and Distance Scales, Stars: A Basic Overview, Temperature,
Luminosity, and Energy, Energy Sources, The Two-Body Problem and Kepler’s Laws,
Binary Systems, Exoplanets, Planets, and the Solar System, Gravitational Waves,
Radiation, Radiative Transfer, Stellar Classification, Spectra, and Some
Thermodynamics, Stellar Atmospheres, Timescales in Stellar Interiors, Stellar
Structure, Stability, Instability, and Convection, Polytropes, An Introduction
to Nuclear Fusion, Nuclear Reaction Pathways, End Stages of Nuclear Burning,
Stellar Evolution: The Core, Stellar Evolution: The Rest of the Picture, On the
Deaths of Massive Stars, Compact Objects, Neutron Stars, Black Holes, Accretion,
Fluid Mechanics, The Interstellar Medium, Exoplanet Atmospheres, The Big Bang,
Our Starting Point, Thermal and Thermodynamic Equilibrium, Energy Transport.
This note covers the following
topics: classical mechanics and accretion theory, Vector fields and finite
differencing, Fitting data, Light propagation, Scaling laws and dimensions,
Euler Lagrange equations, Globular clusters, Angular momentum vector, Theory of
thin accretion disks, Binary evolution and bondi Hoyle Lyttleton accretion.
This
PDF covers the following topics related to Astronomy : Introduction to
Astrophysics, Size and Distance Scales, Stars: A Basic Overview, Temperature,
Luminosity, and Energy, Energy Sources, The Two-Body Problem and Kepler’s Laws,
Binary Systems, Exoplanets, Planets, and the Solar System, Gravitational Waves,
Radiation, Radiative Transfer, Stellar Classification, Spectra, and Some
Thermodynamics, Stellar Atmospheres, Timescales in Stellar Interiors, Stellar
Structure, Stability, Instability, and Convection, Polytropes, An Introduction
to Nuclear Fusion, Nuclear Reaction Pathways, End Stages of Nuclear Burning,
Stellar Evolution: The Core, Stellar Evolution: The Rest of the Picture, On the
Deaths of Massive Stars, Compact Objects, Neutron Stars, Black Holes, Accretion,
Fluid Mechanics, The Interstellar Medium, Exoplanet Atmospheres, The Big Bang,
Our Starting Point, Thermal and Thermodynamic Equilibrium, Energy Transport.
This note provides a quantitative introduction to the physics of
the solar system, stars, the interstellar medium, the galaxy, and the universe,
as determined from a variety of astronomical observations and models.
This book covers the following
topics: Orbits and Light, Spectroscopy, Telescopes, Solar System, Planetary System Formation,
The Sun, Properties of Stars, Interstellar Medium, Star Formation, Stellar
Evolution.