Richard Sears' Hompage

Richard Sears, Professor
Phone:(734)763-3295
Fax:(734)763-6317
822 Dennison
500 Church St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Email: sears@astro.lsa.umich.edu

Research


Stellar Structure and Nucleosynthesis
Stellar Populations in the Milky Way Galaxy

Recent Papers and Preprints


Spectral Classification of "Photometric Subgiants" in Open Clusters; R.L. Sears and James R. Sowell 1997, AJ, 113, 1039.
Nitrogen-rich and Sulfur-rich Gas in the Crab Nebula; G.M. MacAlpine, S.S. Lawrence, R.L. Sears, M.S. Sosin, and R.B.C. Henry 1996, ApJ, 463, 650.

Courses and Teaching

Astronomy 101/111: Introductory Astronomy: The Solar System
Astronomy 402: Stellar Astrophysics
Astronomy 406: Computational Astrophysics
Astronomy 506: Stellar Structure and Evolution
Astronomy 507: Galactic Structure

Graduate Student Information
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