Black Holes Master Course FAS060   (5 points)
THIS COURSE IS GIVEN EACH YEAR LECTURER: Marek Abramowicz IN 2004 FIRST LECTURE: Monday, Jan 19, 15:15 room FL13 IN 2004 LECTURES: Mondays 15:15-17:00 (FL13) Wednesdays 10:00-12:00 (FL72) TEXT BOOK: R.M. Wald, General Relativity University of Chicago Press, 1984 Other useful books Knowledge of special relativity, electrodynamics and elementary quantum mechanics is assumed. The course is demanding and assumes serious effort. Small research problems could be given. Necessary mathematics is introduced gradually. Classical and quantum black hole physics is discussed, in particular important results by Hawking, Penrose and others in a very detailed way. Also in great detail stellar mass, supermassive and primodial black holes are discussed, in particular physics of black hole accretion disks and tori in application to quasars and X-ray sources in our Galaxy. EXAM: writen exam Supercomputer simulations of oscilations of a slender torus orbiting a rotating black hole. (From a recent work co-authored by the lecturer.)  Course calendar 2004   [.pdf]  Twenty exam questions 2004   Results of the exam 2004  [.pdf]
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Marek A. Abramowicz: Astrophysics, Chalmers University, 412-96 Göteborg, Sweden, Phone: +46(31)772-3135, Fax: +46(31)772-3204