ASTRO 210: Black Holes in the Universe
Section 1, Spring 2015
Lecture: Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Location:
J. C. Long, room 219
Time: MWF 2:00-2:50 pm
Instructor: Dr. George
Chartas
Office: 206 J.
C. Long
Office
hours: MWF : 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Phone: (843)
953-3609
Email:
chartasg@cofc.edu
Schedule
The required textbook for the course is GravityŐs
Fatal Attraction, Black Holes in the Universe Second Edition by Mitchell
Begelman and Martin Rees. Recommended textbook for the course is Black Holes
and Time Warps, EinsteinŐs Outrageous Legacy by Kip S. Thorne. Please let me
know if you have a conflict with any of the test and final exam dates.
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12 Jan |
Ch. 1 Gravity Triumphant |
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14 Jan |
Ch. 1 |
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16 Jan |
Ch. 1 |
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19 Jan |
Martin Luther King Holiday observed --
No Classes |
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21 Jan |
Ch. 2 Stars and Their Fates |
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23 Jan |
Ch. 2 |
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26 Jan |
Ch. 2 |
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28 Jan |
Ch. 3 Black Holes in our
Backyard |
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30 Jan |
Ch. 3 |
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2 Feb |
Ch. 3 |
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4 Feb |
Ch. 4 Galaxies and Their Nuclei |
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6 Feb |
Ch. 4 |
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9 Feb |
Ch. 4 |
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11 Feb |
Ch. 5 Quasars and Kin |
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13 Feb |
Ch. 5 |
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16 Feb |
Ch. 5 |
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18 Feb |
Test 1, chapters 1-5 |
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20 Feb |
Ch. 6 Jets |
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23 Feb |
Ch. 6 |
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25 Feb |
Ch. 6 |
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27 Feb |
Ch. 7 Blasts from the Past |
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2 Mar |
Spring Break |
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4 Mar |
Spring Break |
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6 Mar |
Spring Break |
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9 Mar |
Ch. 7 |
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11 Mar |
Ch. 7 |
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13 Mar |
Presentations I |
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Title: The spectra of quasars and their maximum brightness (Aaron Guiseley and Dylan Collier) |
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16 Mar |
Ch. 8 Black Holes in
Hibernation |
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18 Mar |
Ch. 8 |
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20 Mar |
Presentations II |
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Title: Microquasars (Katerina
Serpanos and Tess Van Scott ) |
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23 Mar |
Ch. 8 |
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25 Mar |
Test 2, chapters 6-8 |
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27 Mar |
Ch. 9 Cosmic Feedback |
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30 Mar |
Presentations III |
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Title: Black Holes: Interiors and
Singularities (Wesley Tucker
and Chris Johnson) |
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1 Apr |
Ch. 9 |
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3 Apr |
Presentations IV |
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Title:
Implications of relativity for travel to distant stars (Corinne
Tayor and Danielle Wilson) Title: Cosmological
natural selection (Hannah
Lambert and Trey Fisher) |
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6 Apr |
Ch. 10 Checking up on Einstein |
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8 Apr |
Ch. 10 |
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10 Apr |
Ch. 10 |
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13 Apr |
Presentations V |
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Title: Extreme effects near a black
hole (spaghettification, strong curvature of light, apparent stoppage of time (Jacob Epps and Kensley Burriss) Title: The maximum mass of a neutron star and
efforts to measure the fundamental properties of neutron stars (Maxwell
D Hyska and Victoria Payachana) |
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15 Apr |
Ch. 11 Through the Horizon |
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17 Apr |
Ch. 11 |
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20 Apr |
Presentations VI |
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Title: The
Speed of Light: historical and
modern measurements of the speed
of light, and the implications of light in the universe. (Sarah Strickland and
Darien Bucher) Title: Mini black holes and Multiple
dimensions (Amanda
Dinges and Jenna Snow) |
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22 Apr |
Ch. 11 |
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24 Apr |
Presentations VII |
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Title: The effects of relativity upon the Global
Positioning System (GPS) satellites.(Marcus Johnson, Patrick Hackett) Title: The super massive black hole at
the galactic center (Elisabeth
Krall, Matt Gordner). |
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27 Apr |
Review |
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28 Apr |
READING DAY |
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