UF03381 Accretion Processes in the Vicinity of Black Holes

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 8 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
doc. RNDr. Jan Schee, Ph.D.
Centrum interdisciplinárních studií – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
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
Will be communicated at the beginning of semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 1994, Summer 1995, Summer 1996, Summer 1997, Summer 1998, Summer 1999, Summer 2000, Summer 2001, Summer 2002, Summer 2003, Summer 2004, Summer 2005, Summer 2007, Summer 2008, Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014.
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