Astraios PhD Opportunities79
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Stellar structure and evolution  

Description

the student can formulate the basic laws of physics and apply them to describe the stellar structure. the student can formulate nuclear physics processes that take place in stellar interiors. the student can formulate the various equations-of-state of relevance for stellar interiors. the student can formulate all the important phases of the life cycle for stars of various mass. the students can formulate the end products of stellar evolution as a function of the birth mass. the students can use the modern state-of-the-art open-access computercode MESA to compute stellar models and to interpret the interior profiles of all the physical quantities of relevance for stellar interiors.

Delivery mode

Presential
English

Name

Stellar structure and evolution
English

UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE

Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation

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