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Stars, Their Lives, And The Stuff In Between
The NASA E/PO Program at Sonoma State University
What do we know about stars?
Life Cycles of Stars
Classifying Stars
Stars and Balloons
Slide 7
Preparation:
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5 Million Years
10 Million Years
500 Million Years
1 Billion Years
8 Billion Years
10 Billion Years
Reprise: the Life Cycle
Molecular clouds and protostars
Protostars
Stellar nurseries
HR Diagram again as a reminder
Main Sequence Stars
Pro Fusion or Con Fusion?
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
The Beginning Of The End: Red Giants
More Fusion !
Stellar evolution made simple
How stars die
Red Giants and Supergiants
Fate of high mass stars
Heavy Elements from Large Stars
Supernova !
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Crab nebula and pulsar
Neutron Stars and Pulsars
Slide 35
Magnetic Globe Demo
A Burst By Any Other Name…
Flash!
Swift Mission
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Birth of a Black Hole
Gamma-ray Bursts
What Is A Black Hole?
Black Hole Structure
Black Hole Space Warp
Masses of Black Holes
How Do Black Holes Form?
Where Are Black Holes Located?
Evidence
Supermassive Black Holes
Galaxies and Black Holes
Resources
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Slide 54
Iron lines in GRB 991216
Hypernova
Catastrophic Mergers
Author:
Sarah Silva