Stellar evolution is the most important aspect of astrophysical processes ranging from protostar to white dwarf/Neutron Star/Black Hole. Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA) is a state-of-art stellar evaluation code which can be used to model the stellar interior and evolution with a wide range of parameters to simulate a large number of astrophysical scenarios. We expect students to give the opportunity to use the code for the applications of pulsating stars. Thereby introduce the theoretical aspects of pulsating stars and how to properly model stars which can explain the observations.
The Astronomy and Space Science Unit, Department of Physics, University of Colombo has organized a summer school in astrophysics with the collaboration of International Center of Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Physics Without Frontiers. The program details are as follows.
Date: 5 – 9 August 2024
Venue: Department of Physics,University of Colombo
Number of Students: 20 undergraduate students
Mode of delivery: Physical and online
The program is mainly consisted of hands on experience of stellar modeling code “Modules of Experiments in Astrophysics (MESA) and few guest talks. Dr. Jordi Gutierrez Cabello, Department of Physics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain will be conducting the stellar modeling code session. Few online guest talks are also included with the participation of foreign experts.
