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Individual laboratory research project under supervision of a faculty member. Interested students should contact individual faculty members well in advance of beginning of classes to set up projects.

Individual laboratory research project under supervision of a faculty member. Interested students should contact individual faculty members well in advance of beginning of classes to set up projects..

Individual laboratory research project under supervision of a faculty member. Interested students should contact individual faculty members well in advance of beginning of classes to set up projects.

Topics include gravitational equilibrium configurations, virial theorem, polytropes, thermodynamics, convective and radiative transport, stellar atmospheres, nuclear reactions and energy generation, pre-main-sequence contraction, evolution to red giant, white dwarf, and neutron star, and supernova explosions.

Topics of special interest not covered in regular courses at the present time. Recent examples include material in infrared astronomical techniques and instrumentation; high resolution astronomy, including interferometry and speckle methods; and the use of modern computer hardware and software in astronomical problems involving large data sets.

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In this course, the class will operate as a 'think tank' and consider an important problem for the semester. Like problems presented to a real think tank, the questions for study will be considered to have come from a specific customer who has specific requirements and reasons for requesting the study. The work will consist of three phases: (1) reflection on the question itself and preparation of a workplan to address it; (2) scientific study of the problem; and (3) formulation of recommendations and a final work product for the customer. We elaborate on each of these phases below.