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Podcaster: Nick Hunt Walker

Title: Stellar Winds and Mass Loss in the Late Stages of Stellar Evolution

Organization: The Society of Physics Students (SPS) at The University of Central Arkansas

Link : The Society of Physics Students (SPS) at The University of Central Arkansas

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Background reading on light and stellar evolution would be good. I’ve written a couple of blog posts about those:

Light: http://nhuntwalker.blogspot.com/2012/06/science-sunday-light-you-magnificent.html
Stars 1: http://nhuntwalker.blogspot.com/2012/01/science-sunday-stars-part-i.html
Stars 2: http://nhuntwalker.blogspot.com/2012/07/science-sunday-stars-part-ii-all-types.html
Stars 3: http://nhuntwalker.blogspot.com/2012/09/science-sunday-stars-part-iii-low-mass.html
Stellar pulsations: http://rationalwhimsy.com/304/

Description:Our galaxy is physically and chemically shaped by the lives and deaths of stars. In this talk, we’ll see how some of these stars contribute to molding our galaxy. We’ll then learn about how we can use the later phases of these stars, and their physical phenomena, to tell us more about the structure of our galaxy and its chemical evolution.

Bio: The Society of Physics Students (SPS) at The University of Central Arkansas is incorporates outreach, demonstrations, tutoring and guest speakers into our SPS Chapter.

Nick Hunt Walker from University of Washington.

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