ASTRO 410: Black Holes

Spring 2017

 

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.

 

DATE

CHAPTER

ASSIGNMENTS

Lecture

12 Jan

Projects / Special Relativity

 

astro410_ch1r.pdf

19 Jan

 

 

 

26 Jan

 

 

 

2 Feb

 

 

phys412_ch2r.pdf

5 Feb

 

 

 

9 Feb

KITP meeting

 

phys412_ch3.pdf

16 Feb

 

 

 

23 Feb

 

 

phys412_ch4.pdf

2 Mar

 

 

 

9 Mar

Spring Break

 

 

16 Mar

 

Project Summaries

 

23 Mar

 

 

phys412_ch5r.pdf

30 Mar

 

Presentations I

1.

2.

6 Apr

 

Presentations II

1.

2.

13 Apr

 

 

 

20 Apr

 

 

 

27 April

 

Project Reports Due