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PHYS 566 Compact Stars 3 Credits
Degenerate matter. Chandrasekhar limit. The formation, structure and cooling of white dwarf stars. Neutron stars: the outer shell, electron gas in a high magnetic field, Relativistic electrons, superfluidity and superconductivity, the equation of state at high densities and the mass-radius relationship; dynamics of neutron stars, glitches and their relaxation, neutron star oscillations; black holes; compact objects in binary star systems, mass accretion disks.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Fall 2023-2024 Compact Stars 3
Fall 2021-2022 Compact Stars 3
Spring 2018-2019 Compact Stars 3
Spring 2016-2017 Compact Stars 3
Spring 2012-2013 Compact Stars 3
Spring 2008-2009 Compact Stars 3
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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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