Bf.46: Compact objects (Autumn)
Contents The extreme physical conditions in white dwarfs and neutron stars (including pulsars) make them ideal laboratories for studying nuclear-, particle-, and astrophysics, and even solid state physics. The theory of compact objects will be discussed and compared with observations. Depending on time and on the background and interests of participants some of the following topics may also be included: accretion in close binaries, black holes, supernova explosions, or gamma ray bursts.
Requirements
Af.4 Astrophysics I and Af.7 Atomic, nuclear and particle physics I (or older courses Af.2 and Af.3).
Text-books
Probably S.L. Shapiro and S.A. Teukolsky: Black holes, white dwarfs and neutron stars (Wiley-Interscience, 1983), plus articles and notes.
Evaluation
Pass/fail
Lecturer
Jes Madsen
Points/ECTS-credits
1/5