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Spring 2022 Physics GR6011 section 001 ASTROPHYSICS I | |
| Call Number | 12580 |
| Day & Time Location |
TR 5:40pm-6:55pm 412 Pupin Laboratories |
| Points | 3 |
| Grading Mode | Standard |
| Approvals Required | None |
| Instructor | Yury Levin |
| Type | LECTURE |
| Method of Instruction | In-Person |
| Course Description | Prerequisites: a strong undergraduate background in E-M and classical mechanics. Qualified undergraduates may be admitted with the instructors permission. The basic physics of high energy astrophysical phenomena. Protostars, equations of stellar structure; radiative transfer theory; stellar nucleosynthesis; radiative emission processes; equations of state and cooling theory for neutron stars and white dwarfs, Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation; Chandrasekhar limit; shocks and fluids; accretion theory for both disks and hard surfaces; black hole orbits and light bending. |
| Web Site | Vergil |
| Department | Physics |
| Enrollment | 8 students (30 max) as of 8:04AM Saturday, July 2, 2022 |
| Subject | Physics |
| Number | GR6011 |
| Section | 001 |
| Division | Graduate School of Arts and Sciences |
| Campus | Morningside |
| Section key | 20221PHYS6011G001 |
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