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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).
Theory of Stellar Atmospheres: An Introduction to Astrophysical Non-equilibrium Quantitative Spectroscopic Analysis (2014) Star Formation, Mark Krumholz, World Scientific (2015)