UFTF502 Accretion Processes in the Vicinity of Black Hole

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Stuchlík, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Jan Schee, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Centrum interdisciplinárních studií – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The accretion of matter into a black hole in spherical and disk mode is discussed. Accretion disks are applied as an energy source of active galactic nuclei.
Syllabus
  • Modes of accretion. Kvazispherical and disc modes.
    Spherical accretion. Collisionless accretion, Vlasov equation, particle acceleration, the rate of accretion
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Hawking S.W., Israel W. 300 Years of Gravitation. Cambridge University Press, 1987. ISBN 0-521-34312-7. info
  • Chandrasekhar S. The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes. Clarendon Press, 1983. ISBN 0-226-10100-2. info
  • Rindler W. Essential Relativity. Special, General, and Cosmology. Revised 2nd Edition. Springer-Verlag, 1977. info
  • Lightman A.P., Press W.H., Price R.H., Teukolsky S.A. Problem Book in Relativity and Gravitation. Princeton Univ. Press, 1975. info
  • Misner C.W., Thorne K.S., Wheeler J.A. Gravitation. Freeman and Co, 1973. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
* 60% attendance in seminars.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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