PHYS 541

Spring 2017 All Classes

All Classes

Credit: 4 hours.

Rigorous survey of the physical properties of black holes, white dwarfs, and neutron stars. Formation of compact objects. Equilibrium configurations, equations of state, stability criteria, and mass limits: the influence of rotation and magnetic fields. Pulsar phenomena. Black hole spacetimes. Hawking radiation. Mass flow in binary systems; spherical and disk accretion; high-temperature radiation processes; pulsar spin-up. Compact x-ray sources and x-ray bursts. Supermassive black holes in star clusters and dense galactic nuclei. Gravitational and neutrino radiation from supernova collapse and binary coalescence.

Same as ASTR 541. Prerequisite: PHYS 436.

PHYS 541 class schedule data for spring 2017
CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
40321
Lecture
A
12:30PM -1:50PM
TR
Loomis Laboratory
Shapiro, S
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/17/17-05/03/17
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
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