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Contact: Hagon,Susan E.
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Campus: Kensington Campus
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Career: Undergraduate
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Units of Credit: 3
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Contact Hours per Week: 2
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Enrolment Requirements:
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Prerequisite: PHYS2021 or PHYS2040
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Description
Stellar radiation, spectra classification. Hertzsprung Russell diagrams, determination of stellar masses and radii. Equations of stellar structure, energy sources in stars, nuclear reaction cycles energy transport, equations of state, degeneracy, opacity. Properties of main sequence stars, stellar evolution, structure of red giants and white dwarfs. The solar atmosphere.
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