Contents
The course provides an introduction to the study of stellar pulsation. The main emphasis is on stars where a large number of modes can be observed, and where therefore the measured frequencies may provide detailed information about the stellar interiors. An extreme example is the Sun, where many thousands of modes are available; other cases are certain white dwarfs.
The course considers the basic theory of stellar oscillations, techniques for observing solar oscillations and discusses the use of the observed frequencies. In addition, I present a simple analysis of the so-called instability strip which contains the Cepheid variables.
Text-books
Lecture notes on Stellar Pulsation which will be handed out, as well as selected papers.
Lecturer
Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard.
Evaluation and grading systems
Compulsory assignment, evaluated by 13-scale.
ECTS credits
5 ECTS.
Quarter
3rd and 4th quarter, Spring 2004.