ASTRO 210: Black Holes in the Universe
Section 1, Spring 2019
Lecture: Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Location:
RITA, room 363
Time: MWF 2:00 - 2:50 pm
Instructor: Dr. George
Chartas
Office: RITA,
room 307
Office
hours: MWF : 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Phone: (843)
953-3609
Email:
chartasg@cofc.edu
Schedule
The required textbook for the course is Gravity’s
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, Einstein’s 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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9 Jan |
Ch. 1 Gravity Triumphant |
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11 Jan |
Ch. 1 |
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14 Jan |
Ch. 1 |
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16 Jan |
Ch. 2 Stars and Their Fates |
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18 Jan |
Ch. 2 |
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21 Jan |
Martin Luther King Holiday
observed -- No Classes |
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23 Jan |
Ch. 2 |
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25 Jan |
Ch. 3 Black Holes in our
Backyard |
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28 Jan |
Ch. 3 |
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30 Jan |
Ch. 3 |
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1 Feb |
Ch. 4 Galaxies and Their Nuclei |
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4 Feb |
Ch. 4 |
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6 Feb |
Ch. 4 |
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8 Feb |
Ch. 5 Quasars and Kin |
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11 Feb |
Ch. 5 |
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13 Feb |
Ch. 5 |
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15 Feb |
Test 1, chapters 1-5 |
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18 Feb |
Ch. 6 Jets |
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20 Feb |
Ch. 6 |
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22 Feb |
Ch. 6 |
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25 Feb |
Ch. 7 Blasts from the Past |
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27 Mar |
Ch. 7 |
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1 Mar |
Ch. 7 |
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4 Mar |
Ch. 8 Black Holes in
Hibernation |
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6 Mar |
Ch. 8 |
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8 Mar |
Ch. 8 |
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11 Mar |
Presentations I |
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Title: Extreme effects near a black hole:
spaghettification, strong curvature of light, apparent stoppage of time.(Shannon
Murray, Megan Wright, and Mara McCloy) 2.
Title: Chandrasekhar's
calculation of the maximum white dwarf mass (Hannah
Hershey, John Dailey) |
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13 Mar |
Ch. 9 Cosmic Feedback |
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15 Mar |
Ch. 9 |
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18 Mar |
Spring Break |
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20 Mar |
Spring Break |
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22 Mar |
Spring Break |
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25 Mar |
Ch. 9 |
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27 Mar |
Presentations II |
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evidence for gravitational wave radiation (Valerie Holsclaw,
Bailey Williamson, and Rowan Dalrymple) 2. Title: Direct searches for gravitational waves, from LIGO and LISA (Simon Wilson and Pat Gallagher) |
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29 Mar |
Test 2, chapters 6-8 |
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1 Apr |
Presentations III |
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Christian Hawkins,
Michael Brown) 2.
Title: Implications
of relativity on long distance travel. (Austin Purtell and Bennett Skinner) |
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3 Apr |
Ch. 10 Checking up on Einstein |
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5 Apr |
Ch. 10 |
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8 Apr |
Ch. 10 |
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10 Apr |
Ch. 11 Through the Horizon |
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12 Apr |
Ch. 11 |
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15 Apr |
Test 3, chapters 9-10 |
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17 Apr |
Neutrino Astronomy (IceCube) |
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19 Apr |
Neutrino Astronomy (IceCube) |
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22 Apr |
review |
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24 Apr |
READING DAY |
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26 Apr |
FINAL EXAM (12:00pm–3:00pm) |
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