Theoretical Astrophysics II

Markus RothFakultät für Mathematik und PhysikAlbert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik

0. Basic Information

Lectures and Exercises• Lecturer: PD Dr. Markus Roth

– Contact: mroth@kis.uni-freiburg.de– Tel.: 0761/3198-0 (secretary)

• Qualifications:– Elementary lectures in physics– (Introduction to Astronomy & Astrophysics)

• Dates:– Lecture: Wednesday 10 – 13 ct SR I (May 7, 2014 Westbau 2. OG Seminarraum)– No lecture: June 12, 2014 (holiday)– Exercises: one – two hours every one or two weeks after agreement

Location: Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik– Tutor: Kolja Glogowski

• Certificates (7 ECTS Punkte):– Participation at exercises obligatory (attendance list)– 50% of problems solved correctly – Active participation at exercises (demonstration of solutions on black board)

Exercises• Proposals for a date?

• Course of Exercises: – 3 Exercise sheets (usually submission one week after issue)

• Working at home on the problems• Discussion and presentation of solutions in exercise hours

– 3 hands-on computer exercises at KIS• June & July• Exercises are issued Wednesdays and can be solved at home or

mainly in the exercise hours • Computer knowledge (Data languages IDL, Matlab, Python,…) ?

Location of Kiepenheuer-Instituts

Ludwigstr

Mozartstr

Wintererstr

Schöneckstr

Iron fence with door and stairs

behind

City Garden

Schöneckstraße 6, Tel. (0761) 3198-0

Program4. Plasma physics and magneto-hydrodynamics

4.1 Plasma properties 4.2 Magneto-hydrodynamic equation 4.3 Induction equation 4.4 Generation of magnetic fields 4.5 MHD-Waves (Alfvén-waves, slow and fast MHD waves)

5. Stellar Pulsations 5.1 Stellar Structure and Evolution 5.2. Observations of stellar pulsations 5.3 Linear adiabatic oscillations 5.4 Helioseismology 5.5 Asteroseismology

Recommendations on Literature

• Prialnik D., “Stellar Structure and Evolution”, Cambridge University Press

• Spruit, H., “Essential magnetohydrodynamics for astrophysics”, Lecture Notes

• William Chaplin, “Music of the Sun: The Story of Helioseismology”; ISBN-10: 1851684514; 23,99 € (used 14,34 €)

• Conny Aerts et al., “Asteroseismology”; ISBN-10: 1402051786; 148,99 € (used 65,00 €)

• Frank Pijpers, “Methods of helio- and asteroseismology”; ISBN-10: 1860947557; 104,99 € (used 74,48 €)

• Joergen Christensen-Dalsgaard, “Stellar Oscillations”, http://users-phys.au.dk/jcd/oscilnotes/

• Slides at: http://www.kis.uni-freiburg.de/~mroth/vorlesung2014