Spectroscopy of stars and stellar clusters

Lecture 1: Chemical evolution

Lecture 2-3: Stellar atmospheres and spectra

Lecture 4: Spectroscopy in practice

Lecture 5: Globular clusters

Files for Assignment 1 (Galactic Chemical Evolution)

gce.py Chemical evolution code (python)
t_m.txt Lifetime / mass relation for stars (needed by gce.py)

Files for Assignment 2 (Stellar Atmospheres and Spectra)

sun.atm.dat ATLAS9 model atmosphere for the Sun
t5777g444m10.atm.dat ATLAS9 model atmosphere for solar-like star with [Fe/H]=-1.0
t5777g444m20.atm.dat ATLAS9 model atmosphere for solar-like star with [Fe/H]=-2.0
arcturus.atm.dat ATLAS9 model atmosphere for Arcturus
t4286g166m10.atm.dat ATLAS9 model atmosphere for Arcturus-like star with [Fe/H]=-1.0
t4286g166m20.atm.dat ATLAS9 model atmosphere for Arcturus-like star with [Fe/H]=-2.0

Arcturus.txt Observed spectrum of Arcturus

luke.lst Full line list for Spectrum code
mgb.lst Line list for the Mgb triplet

stdatom.dat Standard abundances, for Spectrum code

Spectrum documentation

Assignment 3 (Spectroscopy in practice)

Exposure time calculators for ESO instruments