Universität Wien

280530 VU Stellar Atmospheres and Stellar Winds (2023S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 28 - Erdwissenschaften, Meteorologie - Geophysik und
Continuous assessment of course work

Gastprofessorin im März und Mai
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 15 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Guest professor in March and May! The course will be held in blocked form. Not all dates will take place, this will be decided on the first date March 13, 13h15

  • Tuesday 14.03. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum 2 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Thursday 16.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 2 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Friday 17.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Monday 20.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 2 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Monday 20.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 2 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Tuesday 21.03. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum 2 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Thursday 23.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 2 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Tuesday 02.05. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum 2 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Thursday 04.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 2 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Friday 05.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Tuesday 09.05. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum 2 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Thursday 11.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 2 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

March:
Introduction to basic radiative transfer, Analytical radiative transfer, Numerical radiative transfer , Model Atmospheres (incl. excerises)
May:
Observational diagnostics of Stellar Winds, Isothermal winds, Line driven winds, Dust driven winds + effects on stellar evolution, Exercises on dust driven winds

Assessment and permitted materials

Exam I: week of May 1, online, oral, discussion of article(s) handed out end of March
Exam II: June, written, open book

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Exam I 50%, exam II 50%
Pass with total of 50%

Examination topics

Exam I: Stellar Atmospheres
Exma II: Stellar Winds

Reading list

Stellar Atmospheres:
Lecture notes by Rob Rutten: https://robrutten.nl/Course_notes.html
Stellar Winds:
Lamers & Cassinelli Introduction to Stellar Winds
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/introduction-to-stellar-winds/6E24600EDAD99F2B7839BBA190C115C0

Association in the course directory

PM-Astr

Last modified: Tu 14.03.2023 12:09