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ASTR 400A: Theoretical Astrophysics, Fall 2025, University of Arizona, Steward Observatory
Course Overview
Syllabus
Schedule
Course Materials
Week 1
Intro & orders of magnitude
An Overview of Stellar Evolution
Week 2
Mechanical and thermal equilibrium
Equations of State I
Week 3
Equations of State II
Polytropic stellar models
Week 4
Radiative energy transport & conduction
Opacities
Week 5
Convection
Convection II
Week 6
Stellar Energy Sources
Stellar Energy Sources II
Week 7
Stellar Atmospheres
Star Formation and the Pre-Main Sequence
Week 8
Evolution On The Main-Sequence
Post-Main Sequence Evolution through Helium Burning
Week 9
Late evolution of low- and intermediate-mass stars
Pre-supernova evolution of massive stars
Week 10
Core-Collapse and Thermonuclear Supernovae
Observational and Physical Classification of Supernovae + Black holes and their mergers
Week 11
Products of Binary Evolution I
Assignments
Pre-Class Assignments
PCA 1
In-Class Assignments
In-Class Assignment 1
In-Class Assignment 2
In-Class Assignment 3
In-Class Assignment 4
In-Class Assignment 5
In-Class Assignment 6
In-Class Assignment 7
In-Class Assignment 8
In-Class Assignment 9
In-Class Assignment 10
In-Class Assignment 11
In-Class Assignment 12
In-Class Assignment 13
In-Class Assignment 14
In-Class Assignment 15
In-Class Assignment 16
In-Class Assignment 17
In-Class Assignment 18
Homeworks
Homework 1
Homework 2
Homework 3
Final Project
Literature review project and presentation
Honors project
Guidelines for Feedback on Final Presentations
Guidelines for Feedback on Final Reports
Grading Scheme - Literature review presentation
Grading Scheme - Literature review project
Index
