Additional material:
Course description:
Throughout the electromagnetic spectrum, transient stellar
phenomena are observed in the sky: i.e. stellar objects that
are only visible for a short period of time. In most cases,
explosions of stellar dimensions are found to cause such
transient appearance. This course summarizes the
observational strategies to find transients and the results
obtained so far, and the underlying physics of the transient
phenomenon (as far as it is known). Due to their relevance to
many areas of astrophysics, special attention will be given to
the fields of Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts. Further
topics will include Novae, Dwarf Novae, various types of
X-Ray Bursts.
Lectures:
Norbert Langer, BBL 708b, 2535210, n.langer@astro.uu.nl
Jean in 't Zand, SRON 2.016, 2535600, jeanz@sron.nl
Exercise class:
Ines Brott, BBL 759, 2535234, i.brott@astro.uu.nl
Language:
English
Period:
4 (April-June; weeks 17 to 25)
Weekly schedule:
Two time slots for lectures or student presentations and one
for the exercise class
Prerequisites:
None, but NS-AP434M ('stellar evolution' by Pols), NS-AP435M
('high-energy astrophysics' by Verbunt), AP-437M
('nucleosynthesis' by Langer) and NS-AP429M ('active galactic nuclei',
Kaastra & Verbunt) are helpful.
Material
The slide material will be made available through
the course web page (see schedule below and Norbert
Langer's web site of this course). Lecture notes are being
developed.
Tests:
One paper presentation and one exam, each weighing 50% on grade
Student presentations:
Review of refereed science papers. List is available here.
| Week | Date | Time | Subject | Lecturer | Movies (Right click and "Save target as") and papers 17 | April 22 | 13.15-15.00 | Preliminaries & introduction | Langer & in 't Zand | Vela 5b | | April 24 | 9.30-11.00 | Transient accretion events | in 't Zand | Transient disk | Disk resonance GRO J1655-40 SG wind 1-dim wind calulation Binary merger | | 11.15-13.00 | Exercise class | Brott | | 18 | April 29 | 13.15-15.00 | Thermonuclear shell flashes I | in 't Zand | rp-process | superburst Flash ignition | May 1 | No class | (Ascension Day) | | 19 | May 6 | 13.15-15.00 | Thermonuclear shell flashes II | in 't Zand | | | | 15.00-17.00 | Exercise class | Brott | | | May 8 | No class | (NAC conference) | | 20 | May 13 | 13.15-15.00 | Gamma-ray bursts I | in 't Zand | | | May 15 | 9.30-11.00 | Gamma-ray bursts II | in 't Zand | | | | 11.15-13.00 | Exercise class | Brott | | 21 | May 20 | No class | | | May 22 | 9.30-11.00 | Supernova observations | Langer | | | | 11.15-13.00 | Exercise class | Brott | | 22 | May 27 | 13.15-15.00 | Thermonuclear SNe - observations | Langer | | | May 29 | 9.30-11.00 | Thermonuclear SNe - theory | Langer | | | | 11.15-13.00 | Exercise class | Brott | | 23 | June 3 | 13.15-15.00 | Core-collapse SNe - observations | Langer | | | June 5 | 9.30-11.00 | Core-collapse SNe - theory | Langer | | | | 11.15-13.00 | Exercise class | Brott | | 24 | June 10 | 13.15-15.00 | GRB progenitors | Langer | | | | 15.15-17.00 | Student presentations | Jiraskova | vd Poel Veefkind Reynolds et al. | Prieto et al. Umeda et al. | June 12 | No class | (Department Day) | 25 | June 17 | 13.15-15.00 | Student presentations | Chiotellis | Cottaar vd Helm v Wettum Modiaz et al. | Fields et al. Oezel, response Martel et al. | June 19 | 9.30-11.00 | Student presentations | Marinucci | Rieder Vissers Soederberg et al. | Smith et al. Kasliwal et al. 26 | June 26 | 13.30-16.00 | Exam in BBL 768 | | | |
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