Neutron Stars for Undergraduates

Details Neutron Stars for Undergraduates Neutron Stars for Undergraduates

2003-09-16

arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0309041v2

Am.J.Phys. 72 (2004) 892-905; Erratum-ibid. 73 (2005) 286

Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Theory

40 pages, 12 figures

Scientific paper

10.1119/1.1703544

Calculating the structure of white dwarf and neutron stars would be a suitable topic for an undergraduate thesis or an advanced special topics or independent study course. The subject is rich in many different areas of physics accessible to a junior or senior physics major, ranging from thermodynamics to quantum statistics to nuclear physics to special and general relativity. The computations for solving the coupled structure differential equations (both Newtonian and general relativistic) can be done using a symbolic computational package, such as Mathematica. In doing so, the student will develop computational skills and learn how to deal with dimensions. Along the way he or she will also have learned some of the physics of equations of state and of degenerate stars.

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