Purpose:

Introduction to the death of stars and physics of supernovae.

Outline:

1. The stellar evolution and death of stars

2. Supernova types

3. Supernova light-curves and spectra

4. Explosion mechanism

5. Supernova host environments

6. Supernova cosmology

Textbook and reference:

There is no textbook. But we will use the following books as the major reference:

"Supernova Explosions", Springer 2017, by David Branch and Craig Wheeler

"Handbook of Supernovae", Springer 2017, by Athem W. Alsabti and Paul Murdin

Grading:

Assignment & discussion 70%

Final presentation 30%