'Giant branch' presentation slideshows

Lecture 22

Lecture 22. The Death of Stars. RIP. Announcements. Tonight is the last regular Lab. A signup sheet will be posted next to the door for the make-up lab next week. Please indicate which labs you are missing so that I can decide how to do the make-up. The Main Sequence. -5 -3 -1 1 3 5 7

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Chapter 12 Stellar Evolution

Chapter 12 Stellar Evolution. Units of Chapter 12. Leaving the Main Sequence Evolution of a Sun-like Star The Death of a Low-Mass Star Evolution of Stars More Massive than the Sun Supernova Explosions Observing Stellar Evolution in Star Clusters The Cycle of Stellar Evolution

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Discovering the Universe Ninth Edition

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Age of M13: 14 billion years. Mass of stars leaving the main-sequence ~0.8 solar masses

Age of M13: 14 billion years. Mass of stars leaving the main-sequence ~0.8 solar masses. Helium core-burning stars. Giants. Sub-giants. Main Sequence. Here is a way to think about it. Outside of star. Plenty of hydrogen. Shrinking core.

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Stellar Evolution

Stellar Evolution. Introduction. Leaving the Main Sequence Evolution of a Sun-like Star The CNO Cycle Evolution of Stars More Massive than the Sun Learning Astronomy from History Mass Loss from Giant Stars Observing Stellar Evolution in Star Clusters

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Stellar Evolution

Stellar Evolution. Introduction. Leaving the Main Sequence Evolution of a Sun-like Star The CNO Cycle Evolution of Stars More Massive than the Sun Learning Astronomy from History Mass Loss from Giant Stars Observing Stellar Evolution in Star Clusters

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Stellar Evolution: The Live and Death of a Star

Stellar Evolution: The Live and Death of a Star. Star ch. 20. Standards. Understand the scale and contents of the universe, including stars

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Hertzsprung Russell (HR) Diagram Spectral Types: Proxy for T eff Or surface temperature

Hertzsprung Russell (HR) Diagram Spectral Types: Proxy for T eff Or surface temperature. Our Sun: 5,700 deg Kelvin Or about 10,000 F. O B A F G K M L T. Not to scale: Red Giant 100 times bigger than Main Sequence Star. Pre main sequence evolution: Protostellar, self-gravitating

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Hertzsprung Russell (HR) Diagram Spectral Types: Proxy for T eff Or surface temperature

Hertzsprung Russell (HR) Diagram Spectral Types: Proxy for T eff Or surface temperature. Our Sun: 5,700 deg Kelvin Or about 10,000 F. O B A F G K M L T. Not to scale: Red Giant 100 times bigger than Main Sequence Star. Pre main sequence evolution: Protostellar, self-gravitating

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Acoustic Oscillations in Red Giants

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Departures from Spherical Symmetry in Mira Variables at PTI

Departures from Spherical Symmetry in Mira Variables at PTI. R. R. Thompson (JPL/U Wyoming) M. J. Creech-Eakman (Caltech/JPL) G. T. van Belle (JPL) American Astronomical Society Meeting 198, 4 June 2001. Abstract.

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Searching for planets around evolved stars with COROT

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Significant age range in massive star cluster excluded by tight sub-giant-branch morphology

Significant age range in massive star cluster excluded by tight sub-giant-branch morphology. Chengyuan Li Richard de Grijs Licai Deng. Science lead the way. ??????.

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