SignUpIntroduction to Astrophysics
Yale,, Spring 2007 , Prof. Charles Bailyn
Updated On 02 Feb, 19
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Yale,, Spring 2007 , Prof. Charles Bailyn
Updated On 02 Feb, 19
Planetary Orbits - Our Solar System and the Pluto Problem - Discovering Exoplanets: Hot Jupiters - Planetary Transits - Microlensing, Astrometry and Other Methods - Direct Imaging of Exoplanets - Introduction to Black Holes - Special and General Relativity - Tests of Relativity - Special and General Relativity - Stellar Mass Black Holes - Pulsars - Supermassive Black Holes - Hubbles Law and the Big Bang - Omega and the End of the Universe - Dark Matter - Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe and the Big Rip - Supernovae - Other Constraints: The Cosmic Microwave Background - The Multiverse and Theories of Everything
4.1 ( 11 )
FrontiersControversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160)
The second half of the course begins, focusing on black holes and relativity. In introducing black holes, Professor Bailyn offers a definition, talks about how their existence is detected, and explains why (unlike in the case with exoplanets where Newtonian physics was applied) Einsteins Theory of Relativity is now required when studying black holes. The concepts of escape and circular velocity are introduced. A number of problems are worked out and students learn how to calculate an objects escape velocity. A historical overview is offered of our understanding and discovery of black holes in the context of stellar evolution.
0000 - Chapter 1. Introduction
0238 - Chapter 2. Escape Velocity
1212 - Chapter 3. Defining Black Holes and the Schwarzschild Radius
1850 - Chapter 4. Gravity and Pressure in the Evolution of Stars
2806 - Chapter 5. From Electron Degeneracy Pressure to the Chandrasekhar Limit
3759 - Chapter 6. Neutron Stars
4238 - Chapter 7. Conclusion
Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website httpopen.yale.educourses
This course was recorded in Spring 2007.
Sam
Sep 12, 2018
Excellent course helped me understand topic that i couldn't while attendinfg my college.
Dembe
March 29, 2019
Great course. Thank you very much.
