ASTRO 410: Black Holes
Spring 2025
Lecture: Tuesday
Location:
RITA, room 363
Time: Tuesday 4:30-5:20 pm
Instructor: Dr. George
Chartas
Office: RITA,
room 307
Office
hours: T : 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Phone: (843)
953-3609
Email:
chartasg@cofc.edu
Schedule
The recommended textbook for the course is
Gravity’s Fatal Attraction, Black Holes in the Universe Third Edition by
Mitchell Begelman and Martin Rees. A second recommended textbook for the course
is Black Holes and Time Warps, Einstein’s Outrageous Legacy by Kip S. Thorne. Please
let me know if you have a conflict with any of the test and final exam dates.
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DATE |
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Lecture |
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14 Jan |
Projects / Special Relativity |
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21 Jan |
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26 Jan |
Black Hole Mass Estimates |
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28 Jan |
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4 Feb |
Black Hole Accretion Disks |
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11 Feb |
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18 Feb |
Frame Dragging |
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25 Feb |
Review and Study Day. No classes. |
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4 Mar |
Spring break (no classes) |
Project Summaries |
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11 Mar |
Quantum Black Holes |
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18 Mar |
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Project Summaries |
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25 Mar |
Imaging a Black Hole |
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1 Apr |
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Presentation I |
Frame Dragging
Experiments: Emma Williams Black Hole Wormholes: Madeline Breiling |
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8 Apr |
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Presentation II |
Black Hole Imaging: Caton McClam Black Hole Entropy and
Hawking Radiation: Brooks Brasseur |
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15 Apr |
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Presentation III |
Black Hole Masses from line widths: Eric Beaver |
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24 Apr |
Reading Day |
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28 Apr |
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Project Reports Due |
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6 May |
Final Grade available to students |
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