FU:TFNRAF0003 Compact Stars - Course Information

TFNRAF0003 Compact Stars

Institute of physics in Opava
winter 2023

Extent and Intensity

3/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Martin Urbanec, Ph.D.
Institute of physics in Opava

Timetable

Wed 9:45–11:20 SM-UF, Wed 11:25–12:10 SM-UF

TFNRAF0003/A: Wed 12:15–13:00 SM-UF, M. Matuszková, M. Urbanec

Prerequisites (in Czech)

( FAKULTA ( FU ) && TYP_STUDIA ( N ))

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

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

recommended 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. ISBN 978-0-471-87316-7. info
Glendening N.K. Compact stars. Springer, 1997. ISBN 0387947833. info
Ghosh P. Rotation and accretion powered pulsars. World Scientific, Singapore, 2007. ISBN 9789812708465. info
Weber, F. Pulsars as Astrophysical Laboratories for Nuclear and Partlicle Physics, IoP, 1999
Mikulášek, Z. Úvod do fyziky hvězd a hvězdných soustav, skripta, Brno, 2000

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 also listed under the following terms winter 2020, winter 2021, winter 2022.