Supernovae, Neutron
Stars and Black Holes
Instructor:
Prof. Norbert Bartel, PSE 331, bartel@yorku.ca www.yorku.ca/bartel
Course
Number:
PHYS 6210 1.0 F
Time/Location: W 16:00 to 17:00 ?
Textbooks:
Astrophysics, J. Irwin, Wiley, 2007
Theory of
Stellar Structure and Evolution, 2nd edition, D. Prialnik,
Cambridge University Press, 2009
Pulsar Astronomy, fourth edition, A. Lyne, F.Graham-Smith, Cambridge
University Press, 2012
Introduction
to High-Energy Astrophysics, S. Rosswog, M. Brueggen, Cambridge University Press, 2007
Supernovae and
Gamma-Ray Bursters, K. Weiler,
Lecture Notes in Physics, Springer, 2003
Course
Contents: 1.
Supernovae
1.1 Classification and characteristics of
supernovae
1.2 Explosion process
1.3 Shock front interaction with the circumstellar medium
1.4 Supernovae as distance indicators
2. Neutron stars
2.1 Structure and magnetosphere of
neutron stars
2.2 Neutron star mass-radius relation
for equations of state
2.3 Characteristics of pulsars
2.4 Pulsar emission mechanisms
2.5 Pulsars as clocks for tests of
general relativity
2.6 Magnetars
2.7 Gamma-ray bursts
3. Black holes
3.1 Observational evidence for the existence
of black holes
3.2 The event horizon
Evaluation:
In-class quizzes: 15%
of final mark
Homework: 35% of final mark
Project:
50% of final mark
Office
hours: P331, MW 14:00-14:45