Högenergiastrofysik
AI 1310 (5 poäng)
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Kursansvarig: Claes Fransson
The Crab nebula with its pulsar in the center as seen by VLT
Utbildningens mål är att ge grundläggande kunskaper om högenergetiska processer i universum och hur dessa kan studeras teoretiskt och observationellt. Kursen behandlar följande områden: supernovor, vita dvärgar, neutronstjärnor, svarta hål, massöverföring i binära system, ackretionsskivor, aktiva galaxkärnor, kosmisk strålning, accelerationsmekanismer för relativistiska partiklar, neutrinoastronomi.
Utöver 40 poäng i matematik och 60 poäng i fysik, följande kurs i astronomi: Astrofysikaliska strålningsprocesser.
M. Longair, High Energy Astrophysics part 2. 2nd edition, CUP 1994
(excluding Chap. 17, 18.1)
Lecture notes:
General lecture notes for the course (these
will be updated regularily. Most recently Nov. 28) (PDF-file)
Massive star
evolution and supernovae
Slides for accretion lecture = lecture 7
Slides for X-ray binary lecture = lecture
8
Slides for lectures on non-thermal
electrons, supernova remnants and clusters of galaxies, now
including comments for the SNRs and clusters= lecture 9-11
Slides for lecture on gamma-ray bursts,
massive black holes and AGNs = lecture 12-13
Excercises:
Excercise 1 for Nov. 15 and 2 for Nov. 24,
3-4 for Dec. 9. For feedback Dec. 2 (PDF file)
Exam Dec. 12 2005. You may get
the results from me or from Ulla.
Other useful textbooks:
J. Frank, A. King, D. Raine, Accretion Power in Astrophysics, CUP
2002
G.R. Rybicki & A.P. Lightman, Radiative Processes in Astrophysics,
Wiley 1979
J.H. Krolik, Active Galactic Nuclei, Princeton U P 1999
S.I. Shapiro & S.A. Teukolsky, Black Holes, White Dwarfs and Neutron
Stars: The Physics of Compact Objects,Wiley 1983
L. Landau & E.M. Lifshitz, Fluid dynamics, Pergamon Press 1959
Links:
John Bahcalls home page
on solar neutrinos and many other useful things
Stefan
Rosswog's merging neutron star simulations
Simulation of a jet in
a Wolf-Rayet star by Weiqun Zhang, Stan
Woosley and Alexander Heger
Another movie from
the same group
Movie showing the
orbits of the stars around the Galactic Center black hole
| Week | Date | Time | Room | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | 20/10 | 10.15-12.00 | Lecture 1 | |
| 43 | 25/10 | 10.15-12.00 | FB41 | Lecture 2 |
| 43 | 27/10 | 13.15-15.00 | FB41 | Lecture 3 |
| 45 | 7/11 | 13.15-15.00 | FB51 | Lecture 4 |
| 45 | 9/11 | 13.15-15.00 | FA31 | Lecture 5 |
| 46 | 15/11 | 10.15-12.00 | FA31 | Lecture 6 |
| 46 | 15/11 | 13.15-15.00 | FA31 | Obs! Cancelled due to graduate student talks!! |
| 46 | 17/11 | 10.15-12.00 | FB41 | Lecture 7 |
| 47 | 22/11 | 10.15-12.00 | FB51 | Lecture 8 |
| 48 | 29/11 | 10.15-12.00 | FB51 | Lecture 9 |
| 48 | 1/12 | 10.15-12.00 | FA31 | Lecture 10 |
| 48 | 1/12 | 13.15-15.00 | FA31 | Lecture 11 |
| 49 | 6/12 | 10.15-12.00 | FB 41 | Lecture 12 |
| 49 | 6/12 | 13.15-15.00 | FB 41 | Questions, extra lecture time if needed |
| 50 | 12/12 | 9.00- | Examination 1. Exams on the home page or from me | |
| 2 (2006) | 19/1 | 9.00- | Examination 2 | |