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Richard Townsend

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ASTRON 715

Stellar Interiors and Evolution

3 credits

Covers physical principles of stellar interiors including equilibrium, energy transport, nucleosynthesis, and evolution of main sequence, red giant, and degenerate stars, plus advanced topics like supernovae and binary evolution.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2011: 3.39 GPA, 57.1% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2019: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.69 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).

Richard Townsend

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Spring 2023–Spring 2025 · limited sample
PHYSICS 990

Research

1–12 credits

Research supervised by individual faculty members. Students formulate and plan original research, creating work that contributes to the field of physics.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2027ASTRON 682Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2027ASTRON 699Directed Study
Spring 2027ASTRON 715Stellar Interiors and Evolution
Spring 2027ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2027PHYSICS 990Research
Fall 2026ASTRON 103The Evolving Universe: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology
Fall 2026ASTRON 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2026ASTRON 699Directed Study
Fall 2026ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2026PHYSICS 990Research

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