ASTRO 410: Black Holes
Spring 2019
Lecture: Tuesday
Location:
RITA, room 363
Time: Tuesday 4:30-5:20 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 recommended textbook for the course is
Gravity’s Fatal Attraction, Black Holes in the Universe Second Edition by
Mitchell Begelman and Martin Rees. A second 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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Lecture |
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8 Jan |
Projects / Special Relativity |
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15 Jan |
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22 Jan |
Black Hole Mass Estimates |
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29 Jan |
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5 Feb |
Accretion Disks |
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12 Feb |
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19 Feb |
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26 Feb |
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5 Mar |
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12 Mar |
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Project Summaries |
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19 Mar |
Spring Break |
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26 Mar |
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2 Apr |
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Presentations I |
1. 2. |
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9 Apr |
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Presentations II |
1. 2. |
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16 Apr |
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23 Apr |
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30 Apr |
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Project Reports Due |
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