Prerequisites: graduate standing
Description: Topics include physics of stellar structure and main sequence evolution, and energy production and transport; postmain sequence evolution through the giant stage and the formation of compact objects; supernovae, nucleosynthesis, pulsars, and the roll of accretion within the framework of stellar evolution; and the physics of white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes. Students whose research is related to astronomy receive a letter grade; other students receive a letter grade or
Credit: Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grade.