AST 1410 – Long presentation topics (2025)

Here are some possible topics. I'm happy to provide some links. But even happier to help find resources for your own choices!

• Superwind and the influence of binarity.
• Third dredge-up and relation to carbon stars.
• r processes and neutron-star mergers. Sarah
• Formation and evolution of zero-metallicity stars. Grace
• Formation of massive and zero-metallicity stars; implications for reionisation
• Luminous Blue Variables
• Effects of rotation on stellar evolution (incl. chemically homogeneous evolution)
• Effects of binarity on stellar evolution (e.g., what is the lowest mass white dwarf one can make) Abigail
• Pair instability supernovae. Nan
• Mass transfer, blue stragglers, contact binaries. Joshua
• Paths to type Ia supernovae. Nolan
• Forming neutron-star binaries. Mattias
• Mass loss and effects on ism. Michael