Relativity & Cosmology
ASTR 3740 Homepage Spring 2000 |
MWF 2.00-2.50pm in Duane Physics, G131.
This is an upper division undergraduate course in Relativity and Cosmology for science majors. It aims to provide a quantitative introduction to special and general relativity, to black holes, and to modern cosmology. Knowledge of calculus is assumed. This an elective for the APS minor (and major, if approved). |
Speaker | Topic | Date |
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Nick Gnedin | Special Relativity Video | Wed 26 Jan |
Chris Reynolds | X-rays from Black Holes | Wed 16 Feb |
This is Vermilion. |
This is Cerulean. |
They invite you to a tour of Special Relativity. |
Embedding diagram of a Schwarzschild wormhole. This image is from the White Holes and Wormholes section of Falling into a Black Hole.
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The Cas A Supernova Remnant. Is the central point source associated with a neutron star or a black hole? |
The Center of our Galaxy. The central point source is associated with a black hole of about 2.6 × 106 solar masses. |
Center of the Andromeda Galaxy, M31. The central point source is associated with a black hole of about 3 × 107 solar masses. |
Are the cosmological parameters known at last?
Professor Andrew J. S. Hamilton
JILA, room A706
Office hours: TR 1.30-3.00pm
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The URL of this page is http://jila.colorado.edu/~ajsh/courses/astr3740_00/home_3740.html
Updated 19 Jan 2000