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Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics · ANU College of Science and Medicine
This course is offered in Semester 2 every odd year (eg 2025, 2027) The first two thirds of this course covers stellar and exoplanetary atmospheres and spectroscopy, including the physics of line formation, equlibrium versus non-equilibrium statistical mechanics in stellar and planetary atmospheres, and the interpretation of spectra. The last third provides a broad survey of exoplanets, including formation mechanisms, exoplanetary evolution and cooling, and observational techniques used to discover and characterise exoplanets.
4 problem sets
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 5
Oral and/or written presentation
Learning outcomes 3, 4
Final exam
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3
The expected workload will consist of approximately 130 hours throughout the session including: - Face-to face component which may consist of 4 hours of lectures and tutorials per week. - Approximately 82 hours of self-directed study which will include preparation for lectures, presentations and other assessment tasks (average 6 hours per week on assignments). Other Information Students who have not taken the prerequisite course ASTR3007 will be offered opportunity to enrol in ASTR6007 in lieu of or prior to enrolment in this course.
Theory of Stellar Atmospheres: An Introduction to Astrophysical Non-equilibrium Quantitative Spectroscopic Analysis (2014) Star Formation, Mark Krumholz, World Scientific (2015)