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*Where are the convection & radiative zones? | *Where are the convection & radiative zones? | ||
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**Is it solid body rotation? | **Is it solid body rotation? | ||
**How has this been confirmed experimentally? | **How has this been confirmed experimentally? | ||
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| + | *What will happen to the sun after it leaves the main sequence? (PJ) | ||
| + | **How does the energy released in this phase compare with the energy released during the main sequence? | ||
| + | **Draw the rest of the evolutionary track for the sun and describe the physics of all the phases. | ||
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| + | *What are the line-broadening mechanisms and where do they occur? | ||
| + | *What is the surface temp. of the sun? What is the core temp? | ||
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| + | *What is the level of variability of the sun? How does this compare to the variability of other stars? | ||
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* What is the energy produced for the reaction involving neutrino? | * What is the energy produced for the reaction involving neutrino? | ||
** What are the experiments to detect the neutrinos and the reactions involve. | ** What are the experiments to detect the neutrinos and the reactions involve. | ||
| + | * What is our current best estimate of the neutrino mass, and how is it obtained? | ||
| + | * How was SN1987A used to place a limit on the neutrino mass? What was this limit? (MT) | ||
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| + | *Write down PPI. Which is the slowest step, and what is its lifetime? | ||
| + | *If the nuclear burning in the sun turned off instantaneously, when would we know? (SR) | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:56, 26 April 2009
Questions in this category have been asked by MT, PJ, DC, EB, SR
- Where are the convection & radiative zones?
- What causes the transition?
- How does opacity vary throughout the convective layer?
- What causes the opacity?
- How does the picture change for a 5 Solar Mass Star?
- What about at 0.2 Solar Mass Star? Why?
- Does the Sun rotate & how do we know?
- Where does it rotate fastest?
- Is it solid body rotation?
- How has this been confirmed experimentally?
- What will happen to the sun after it leaves the main sequence? (PJ)
- How does the energy released in this phase compare with the energy released during the main sequence?
- Draw the rest of the evolutionary track for the sun and describe the physics of all the phases.
- What are the line-broadening mechanisms and where do they occur?
- What is the surface temp. of the sun? What is the core temp?
- What is the level of variability of the sun? How does this compare to the variability of other stars?
Neutrinos
- What is the energy produced for the reaction involving neutrino?
- What are the experiments to detect the neutrinos and the reactions involve.
- What is our current best estimate of the neutrino mass, and how is it obtained?
- How was SN1987A used to place a limit on the neutrino mass? What was this limit? (MT)
Nuclear Burning
- Write down PPI. Which is the slowest step, and what is its lifetime?
- If the nuclear burning in the sun turned off instantaneously, when would we know? (SR)
