Astronomy 335 - Intro to Astrophysics
Fall
2015
01
4.00
Jason Young
MW 02:00PM-03:20PM
Amherst College
ASTR-335-01-1516F
WEBS 219
jyoung@amherst.edu
The same basic laws describe stars and planets. We will learn about equations of state as well as radiative and convective heat transport in order to understand the steady-state structure of stellar and planetary interiors and atmospheres. We will then see how waves propagate through these bodies, producing stellar pulsations, earthquakes, and weather.
Requisite: MATH 121 and PHYS 124 or 117. Fall semester. Professor TBA.