OAVENPVB07 Compact Stars

Institute of physics in Opava
winter 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martin Urbanec, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martin Urbanec, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Martin Urbanec, Ph.D.
Institute of physics in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
(FAKULTA(FU) && TYP_STUDIA(N))
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Course introduces students to late stages of stellar evolution - to compact stars
Learning outcomes
Student will be introduced to current knowledge of compact stars
Syllabus
  • Course is organised as follows
  • Late stage of evolution of massive stars, birth of white dwarf and neutron stars
  • Simple description of compact star's matter - degenerate Fermi gas, equation of state of outer layers of neutron stars
  • White dwarfs - simple description, Chandrasekhar limit
  • Dense nuclear matter - neutron drip, beta equilibrium
  • Realistic equations of state of neutron star matter
  • Structure equations of neutron stars - equation of hydrostatic equilibrium, maximum mass, limits on compactness
  • Pulsars
  • Other theoretical models of compact stars - quark stars, strange stars, hybrid stars
  • Rotation of neutron stars
  • Neutron stars in binaries
  • Binary systems of two compact objects, gravitational waves
  • Cooling of white dwarfs and neutron stars
  • Observations of neutron stars and related effects (X-ray bursts, gamma ray burst, X-ray pulsars, kilonovae)
Literature
    required literature
  • Shapiro S. L., Teukolski S. A. Black Holes, White Dwarfs, and Neutron Stars. The Physics of Compact Objects. A Wiley, Interscience Publication, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1983
  • Weber, F. Pulsars as Astrophysical Laboratories for Nuclear and Partlicle Physics, IoP, 1999
    recommended literature
  • Mikulášek, Z. Úvod do fyziky hvězd a hvězdných soustav, skripta, Brno, 2000
  • Ghosh P. Rotation and accretion powered pulsars, World Scientific, Singapore, 2007
  • Glendening N. K. Compact stars, Springer, 1997
Teaching methods
Lectures, problem solving
Assessment methods
participation and problem solving, submission of home assignments oral exam - discussion of home asignments
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms winter 2020, winter 2022, winter 2023, winter 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (winter 2021, recent)
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