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RESOURCES FOR "PHYSICS OF COMPACT OBJECTS" IN 2023
Course table
Course table
Lectures (notes)
Lecture 1
Lecture 2
Lecture 3
Lecture 4
Lecture 5
Lecture 6
Lecture 7
Lecture 8
Lecture 9
Lecture 10
Literature
(besides from Shapiro & Teukolsky)
Tauris & van den Heuvel (2023) - Physics of Binary Star Evolution
Tauris & van den Heuvel (2006) - Formation of Compact Binaries
Tremblay et al. (2019) - Core Crystallization in White dwarfs
Langer (2012) - Pre-SN Evolution of Massive Single and Binary Stars
Janka (2012) - Explosion Mechanisms of Core-collapse SNe
Janka et al. (2012) - Core-collapse SNe: Reflections...
McClintock, Narayan & Steiner (2013) - Black Hole Spin via...
Middleton (2015) - Black Hole Spins - Review
Reynolds (2020) - Observations of Black Hole Spins - Review
Fabian+Lasenby (2015) - Astrophysical Black Holes - Review
Colpi & Sesana (2017) - Gravitational Waves
Riles (2013) - Gravitational Waves
Lattimer & Prakash (2016) - Neutron Star EoS
Lattimer (2012) - Neutron Star Masses and EoS
Pethick (2019) - Neutron Star Matter: Basic Notions
Bauswein et al. (2017) - Neutron Star Radii from Gravitational Wave Mergers
Weber (2005) - Strange Stars
Yakolev et al. (2004) - Neutron Star cooling
Giacomazzo et al. (2019) - Neutron Star Mergers and Kilonovae
Nakar (2019) - The electromagnetic counterparts of compact binary mergers
Shibata & Hotokezaka (2019) - Neutron Star Mergers and Kilonovae
Robert C. Duncan's webpage on Magnetars
Kaspi (2010) - Grand Unification in Neutron Stars
Kaspi & Beloborodov (2017) Magnetars (review)
Lorimer & Kramer (2004) - Handbook on Pulsar Astronomy
Balberg & Shapiro (2000) - The Properties of Matter in White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars
Exercise booklet
Exercises 2023
Astrophjysical constants
(in Danish)
Curriculum and Exam Questions
Curriculum and Exam Questions
Oral exam
Thursday, December 14, 2023 (09:00-12:00), Lok.2.120
Last Modified: 2023/11/08