ASTRO 410: Black Holes
Spring 2015
Lecture: Thursday
Location: J. C.
Long, room 219
Time: Thursday 4:00-5:15 pm
Instructor: Dr. George
Chartas
Office: J. C.
Long, room 206
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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15 Jan |
Projects / Special Relativity |
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22 Jan |
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25 Jan |
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29 Jan |
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5 Feb |
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12 Feb |
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19 Feb |
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26 Feb |
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5 Mar |
Spring Break |
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12 Mar |
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Project Summaries, Groups 1-6 |
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19 Mar |
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Project Summaries, Groups
7-12 |
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26 Mar |
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2 Apr |
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Presentations I |
1. Matthew Gordner 2. Tyler Dollberg 3. Christopher Johnson |
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9 Apr |
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Presentations II |
1. Jacob Epps 2. Charles Collier 3. Carter Rhea |
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16 Apr |
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Presentations III |
1. Danielle Wilson 2. Corinne Taylor 3. Maxwell D Hyska |
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23 Apr |
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Presentations IV |
1. Sarah Strickland 2. Aaron Guiseley 3. Kensley
Burriss |
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30 April |
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Project Reports Due |
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