FPF:UFDF011 Accretion Processes in the Vic

UFDF011 Accretion Processes in the Vicinity of Black Holes

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2015

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: dzk.

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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 onto black hole in spherical and disk regimes is discussed. Accretion discs are applied as energetic sources of AGNs.

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

The attendance at lectures is recommended. It can be substituted by
the self-study of recommended literature and individual consultations.