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ASTRONOMY 410

Compact Stellar Remnants: White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars and Black Holes

Lectures: Mondays and Thursdays, 1:10-2:25PM in Thompson Physical Lab TPL-113

Texts: An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, Bradley W. Carroll & Dale A. Ostlie Second Edition, Pearson Addison Wesley

See http://www.williams.edu/astronomy/Course-Pages/410 for the syllabus.

Instructor: Marek Demianski, Thompson Physics and Astronomy Lab 303, x4459

Office hours: Monday, 3PM-4PM, Wednesday, 10:30-11:30, and by appointment

Homework: Problem sets will be assigned roughly every week, and will be due in class one week later.

Exams and Grading: Midterm exam: Thursday, March 19 Final exam: to be scheduled by the Registrar

Passing the course requires attending (almost) all lectures, taking all exams, and returning all homework assignments. Grades will be calculated approximately as follows: Homework: 30% Midterm exam: 30% Final exam: 40%

Honor Code: Students are strongly reminded of the honor system as described in the Student Handbook. No collaboration is allowed on exams. Students may work together in small groups on homework problems, however, all work handed in should represent individual, not group, effort.