PHYS 598 NST :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Schedule

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Week

Date

Lecture

Homework and Comments

 

1

Tuesday
8/27  

Units + General Overview

HW 1 is assigned

Thursday
8/29

Relativity Review 

 

 

2

Tuesday
9/03  

Stat Mech Review

 

Thursday
9/05

Stat Mech Review

Nico is gone

HW 1 is due

HW 1 re-do is assigned

 

1

Tuesday
9/10  

White dwarfs

 

Thursday
9/12

White dwarfs +

Crust: from WD to BPS

 

4

Tuesday
9/17

Crust: from WD to BPS

HW 1 re-do is due

HW 2 assigned

Thursday
9/19

Crust: from WD to BPS

 

5

Tuesday
9/24

Crust: from WD to BPS + 

Intro to Compact Stars

 

Thursday
9/26

Intro to Compact Stars

Nico is gone

6

Tuesday
10/01

N-body Interactions

HW 2 is due

HW 3 is assigned

Thursday
10/03

N-body Interactions

 

7

Tuesday
10/08

N-body Interactions

Jaki is gone

Thursday
10/10

Newtonian Structure of Compact Objects 

 

8

Tuesday
10/15

Newtonian Structure of Compact Objects + 

Solutions to Newtonian Structure Equations

Nico gone

HW 3 is due

HW 4 is assigned

Thursday
10/17

Solutions to Newtonian Structure Equations

Nico gone
9

Tuesday
10/22

 Nucleons, Hyperons and Quarks:

Simple Methods

 

Thursday
10/24

Nucleons, Hyperons and Quarks:

Simple Methods

 

10

Tuesday
10/29

Nucleons, Hyperons and Quarks: 

Simple Methods

HW 4 is due

Thursday
10/31

 

General Relativistic, Non-rotating

Neutron Stars

 

11

Tuesday
11/05

General Relativistic, Non-rotating 

Neutron Stars

Midterm is due

HW 6 is assigned

Thursday
11/07

Nucleons, Hyperons and Quarks: 

Advanced Methods I

HW 5 is due

12

Tuesday
11/12

Nucleons, Hyperons and Quarks: 

Advanced Methods I + 

General Relativistic, Rotating and Perturbed 

Neutron Stars

Jaki is gone

Thursday
11/14

General Relativistic, Rotating and Perturbed 

Neutron Stars

Jaki is gone

13

Tuesday
11/19

General Relativistic, Rotating and Perturbed 

Neutron Stars

HW 6 is due

HW 7 is assigned

Thursday
11/21

General Relativistic, Rotating and Perturbed 

Neutron Stars + 

Nucleons, Hyperons and Quarks:

Advanced Methods II

 

14

Tuesday
12/03

Nucleons, Hyperons and Quarks: 

Advanced Methods II

HW 7 is due

Thursday
12/05

Nucleons, Hyperons and Quarks: 

Advanced Methods II + 

Some Astrophysical Observables

 

15

Tuesday
12/10

Some Astrophysical Observables

 

Thursday
12/12

End of Class