ASTR 350, Black Holes
Spring 2022
Black holes, for non-astronomy majors.
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Lecture 1: Introduction
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Lecture 2: Newton's laws of motion
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Lecture 3: Newtonian gravity
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Lecture 4: Special relativity 1
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Lecture 5: Special relativity 2
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Lecture 6: General relativity 1
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Lecture 7: General relativity 2
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Lecture 8: Schwarzschild black holes
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Lecture 9: Kerr black holes
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Lecture 10: Life and death of stars
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Lecture 11: Neutron stars and pulsars
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Lecture 12: X-ray binaries and the discovery of black holes
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Lecture 13: Gamma-ray bursts
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Lecture 14: Discovery of quasars
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Lecture 15: Accretion disks
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Lecture 16: Active galactic nuclei
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Lecture 17: Jets
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Lecture 18: Our galactic center
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Lecture 19: Tidal disruption events
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Lecture 20: Origin of supermassive BHs
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Lecture 21: Event horizon telescope
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Lecture 22: Gravitational waves 1
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Lecture 23: Gravitational waves 2
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Lecture 24: Gravitational waves 3
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Lecture 25: Hawking evaporation
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Lecture 26: Wormholes
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Lecture 27: The black hole information paradox
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