AST 1410 – Long presentation topics (2022)

Long presentations

Suggestions

Here are some possible suggestions for topics. But do feel free to make up your own!!

  • Superwind (including the recent discovery of the importance of binarity; Decin et al., 2019NatAs.tmp..213D)
  • Third dredge-up and relation to carbon stars
  • r processes and neutron-star mergers.
  • Formation and evolution of zero-metallicity stars
  • Formation of massive and zero-metallicity stars; implications for reionisation
  • Luminous Blue Variables
  • Effects of rotation on stellar evolution (incl. chemically homogeneous evolution)
  • Pair instability supernovae
  • Mass transfer, blue stragglers, contact binaries.
  • Paths to type Ia supernovae
  • Forming neutron-star binaries.

Schedule

  • Monday March 21
    Michael
    Pre-main-sequence ``Dippers''
    Evelyn
    Magnetism and stellar activity
  • Monday March 28
    Yansong
    Mean molecular weight effects on convection and mixing
    Mairead
    Pair instability supernovae

Author: Marten van Kerkwijk

Created: 2022-03-16 Wed 18:07

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