PHYS 598 NST :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
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Lecture |
Homework |
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1 |
Monday |
Units + Relativity Review |
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Wednesday |
Relativity Review + Stat Mech Review |
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2 |
Monday |
Stat Mech Review |
Assign HW 1: Preliminaries |
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Wednesday |
Stat Mech Review + White Dwarfs |
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3 |
Monday |
No class (Labor Day) |
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Wednesday |
White Dwarfs |
Due HW 1: Preliminaries Assign HW 2: WDs and WD EoS |
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4 |
Monday |
Crust: from WD to BPS |
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Wednesday |
Crust: from WD to BPS |
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5 |
Monday |
Crust: from WD to BPS |
Due HW 2: WDs and WD EoS Assign HW 3: Crust + Intro Compact Star |
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Wednesday |
Intro to Compact Stars |
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6 |
Monday |
Intro to Compact Stars + N-body Interactions |
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Wednesday |
N-body Interactions |
Due HW 3: Crust + Intro Compact Star Assign HW 4: N-body |
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7 |
Monday |
N-body Interactions |
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Wednesday |
N-body Interactions + Newtonian Structure of Compact Objects |
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8 |
Monday |
Newtonian Structure of Compact Objects |
Due HW 4: N-body Assign HW 5: Newtonian Structure |
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Wednesday |
Solutions to Newtonian Structure Equations |
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Monday |
Solutions to Newtonian Structure Equations + Nucleons, Hyperons and Quarks: Simple Methods |
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Wednesday |
Nucleons, Hyperons and Quarks: Simple Methods |
Due HW 5: Newtonian Structure Assign HW 6: Solutions to Structure |
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10 |
Monday |
Nucleons, Hyperons and Quarks: Simple Methods |
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Wednesday |
Nucleons, Hyperons and Quarks: Simple Methods + General Relativistic, Non-rotating Neutron Stars |
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11 |
Monday |
General Relativistic, Non-rotating Neutron Stars |
Due HW 6: Solutions Structure Assign HW 7: NHQ |
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Wednesday |
General Relativistic, Non-rotating Neutron Stars + Nucleons, Hyperons and Quarks: Advanced Methods I |
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12 |
Monday |
Nucleons, Hyperons and Quarks: Advanced Methods I |
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Wednesday |
General Relativistic, Rotating and Perturbed Neutron Stars |
Due HW 7: NHQ Assign HW 8: GR Non-Rot NSs |
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13 |
Monday |
General Relativistic, Rotating and Perturbed Neutron Stars |
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Wednesday |
General Relativistic, Rotating and Perturbed Neutron Stars |
Due HW 8: GR Non-Rot NSs Assign HW 9: GR Rot NSs |
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14 |
Monday |
No class (Thanksgiving) |
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Wednesday |
No class (Thanksgiving) |
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15 |
Monday |
Nucleons, Hyperons and Quarks: Advanced Methods II |
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Wednesday |
Nucleons, Hyperons and Quarks: Advanced Methods II |
Due HW 9: GR Rot NSs Assign HW 10: NHQ 2 + Obs |
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16 |
Monday |
Some Astrophysical Observables |
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Wednesday |
Some Astrophysical Observables |
Due HW 10: NHQ 2 + Obs |
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