PHYS 298: Black Holes in the Universe
Sections 001, Spring 2011
Lecture: Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Location: Rita
Hollings Science Center, room 126
Time: MWF 2:00-2:50 pm
Instructor: Dr. George
Chartas
Office: 129 RHSC
Office
hours: MW : 4:00 - 5:00 pm F :
11:00am - 12:00
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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10 Jan |
Ch. 1 Gravity Triumphant |
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12 Jan |
Ch. 1 |
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14 Jan |
Ch. 1 |
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17 Jan |
Martin Luther King Holiday observed --
No Classes |
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19 Jan |
Ch. 2 Stars and Their Fates |
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21 Jan |
Ch. 2 |
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24 Jan |
Rescheduled |
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26 Jan |
Ch. 3 Black Holes in our
Backyard |
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28 Jan |
Ch. 3 |
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31 Jan |
Ch. 3 |
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2 Feb |
Ch. 4 Galaxies and Their Nuclei |
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4 Feb |
Ch. 4 |
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7 Feb |
Ch. 4 |
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9 Feb |
Ch. 5 Quasars and Kin |
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11 Feb |
Ch. 5 |
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14 Feb |
Ch. 5 |
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16 Feb |
Rescheduled |
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18 Feb |
Test 1, chapters 1-5 |
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21 Feb |
Ch. 6 Jets |
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23 Feb |
Ch. 6 |
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25 Feb |
Ch. 7 Blasts from the Past |
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28 Feb |
Ch. 7 |
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2 Mar |
Ch. 7 |
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4 Mar |
Presentations I |
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7 Mar |
Spring Break |
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9 Mar |
Spring Break |
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11 Mar |
Spring Break |
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14 Mar |
Ch. 8 Black Holes in
Hibernation |
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16 Mar |
Ch. 8 |
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18 Mar |
Ch. 8 |
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21 Mar |
Presentations II |
Light Bending Gravity's Weakness |
Drew Moore, Thea Kozakis, Alicia Olejar Chris, James |
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23 Mar |
Test 2, chapters 6-8 |
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25 Mar |
Ch. 9 Cosmic Feedback |
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28 Mar |
Ch. 9 |
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1 Apr |
Ch. 9 |
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4 Apr |
Presentations III |
Facebook Survey on BH Cosmological theory of natural selection |
Zackary Mallard Kathryn O'Brien, Mathew Marvin |
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6 Apr |
Ch. 10 Checking up on Einstein |
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8 Apr |
Ch. 10 |
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11 Apr |
Ch. 10 |
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13 Apr |
Presentations IV |
White Holes Near a Black Hole |
Bobbi Lee McLaughlin, Shea McSween Meagan Kolling |
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15 Apr |
Ch. 11 Through the Horizon |
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18 Apr |
Ch. 11 |
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20 Apr |
Ch. 11 |
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22 Apr |
Presentations V |
Imaging SgrA* Massive Stars |
Jaime Thrift, Jesica, Palmer Chuck Pollis |
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25 Apr |
Review |
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FINAL EXAM |
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