Quiz 5

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Quiz 5

• Review

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Formulas

• RS 2GM/c2

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Ch. 12

• Giant Star Evolution
• Hydrogen Shell Fusion
• Helium Core Fusion
• Expansion/Contraction of layers
• Evolution on the HR Diagram
• Triple-alpha Process
• Helium Flash
• Degenerate Matter
• Planetary Nebulae
• White Dwarfs
• Electron Degeneracy Pressure

• Black Dwarfs
• Novae
• Red Dwarfs
• The onion layer effect
• Supernova Explosions
• Type I Supernovae
• Type II Supernovae
• Supernova Remnants
• Star Clusters
• Open Clusters
• Globular Clusters
• Main Sequence Turnoff

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Ch. 13

• Neutron Stars
• Neutron Degeneracy Pressure
• Pulsars
• The Lighthouse model
• X-ray Bursters
• Black Holes
• Escape Velocity
• Event Horizon
• Schwartschild Radius
• Curved Space
• Detection of Black Holes

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Chapter 14

• Cepheid Variable Stars
• Period-Luminosity Relation
• Globular Clusters
• The Milky Way Galaxy
• Disk
• Halo
• Nuclear Bulge
• Position of the Sun
• Determining Mass
• Differential Rotation
• Rotation Curve
• Star Clusters
• Locations
• Ages

• Population I II stars
• Chemical composition
• Orbits
• Ages
• Formation of the Galaxy
• Discrepancies
• Spiral Tracers
• Grand Design
• Branches and Spurs
• Density Wave Theory
• Self-Sustained Star Formation
• Sagittarius A
• Evidence of supermassive black hole
• Discrepancies