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\ni {\bf (PHY/AST 564) High Energy Astrophysics}

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\ni {\bf Professor}: Eric Blackman, B\&L 417A, 5-0537


\ni {\bf Course Approach:}

\ni 1. I would like this to be viewed as a seminar course
which encourages participation and discussion. 
I would therefore like to mix lectures with discussion
as much as possible.  Some of the reading that will
be assigned in the term will be for class discussion.

\ni 2. The second thing is that I would like to do something a bit
unconventional and take 1 or 2 mysterious unsolved problems
and use them as the basis for the entire course.  
This approach mimics more how research is actually done--
one is posed with a problem and then one is faced with finding a path
to the solution, learning along the way. This means that the course is 
going to take a somewhat winding path. Fasten your seat belts.


\ni {\bf Recommended Texts:}  
There are no single textbooks that will cover the material 
exactly in a single volume. The two main textbooks
of relevance are 
High Energy Astrophysics volume 2 (Longair);
Exploring the X-ray Universe (Charles and Seward).   
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Other textbooks of relevance:

Radiative Processes (Rybicki and Lightman); 
High Energy Astrophysics volume 1 (Longair)
Active Galactic Nuclei (Krolik); 
Black Holes, White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars (Shapiro and Teukolsky)

\ni Other reading will be assigned from literature.


\ni {\bf Course work:}   



1.  Study text \& notes. 
                 
2.  4-5 Problem sets (50\%)

3.  In-class presentation: Topic related the 
    course AND to your own research. (25\%)

4.  Paper (10-15 pages) on the subject of your talk. (25\%). 


\ni {\bf Rough Syllabus:} 


1. Introduction to High Energy Astrophysics


2. Statement of the Mysterious Problem: The Galactic Center


3.  












(Reading in Rybicki \& Lightman. Complementary material can be found in Shu)


\ni {\bf Sept 7 and 12  (Read Chapter 1)}:

1. Introduction,

\ni {\bf Sept 14 and 19  (Read Chapter 2)}:

2. Classical theory of radiation fields

\ni {\bf Sept 21 and 26  (Read Chapter 3)}:

3. Radiation from moving charges

\ni {\bf Sept 28 and Oct 3 (Read Chapter 4)}:

4. Special relativistic covariance and kinematics

\ni {\bf Oct 5 and 10 (Read Chapter 5)}:

5. Bremsstrahlung radiation

\ni {\bf Oct 12 and 17  (Read Chapter 6)}:

6. Synchrotron radiation

\ni {\bf Oct 19 and 25  (Read Chapter 7)}:  (note no class on Oct 23)

7. Compton scattering

\ni {\bf Oct 31 and Nov 2  (Read Chapter 8)}:

8. Plasma effects

\ni {\bf Nov 7 and 9  (Read Chapter 9)}:

9. Quantum theory of radiation, atoms

\ni {\bf Nov 14 and 16  (Read Chapter 10)}:

10. Radiative transitions

\ni {\bf Nov 21  Dec 5 (Read Chapter 10-11)}:

11. Line shapes, bulk and thermal motions, molecular spectra.

\ni {\bf Dec 7, Dec 12, Dec 14}: Class Presentations







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