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Relativity and GR (QMUL):
Supplements for RG Lectures 1-4:
Kerr black hole
Spacetime diagram: a photon's path is along the inner (diagonal) boundary of the shaded region. A mass carrying particle would be confined to the time-like region traveling forward in time (upward) from past to future. If it were to divert into the space-like (shaded) regions, it would then be traveling faster than the speed of light and escape to infinity.
Fig 4.7 A space-time view of a Schwarzchild black hole
Fig 4.9 - The Event Horizon (of a Schwarzchild black hole) corresponds to the World line of light:
At R = Rg the Schwarzchild radius is the event horizon, but the true singularity is at R = 0.
Paper: Can a primordial black hole or wormhole grow as fast as the universe?
The orbits of nearby stars around possible black hole candidate Sgr-A at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
Diagram of the same stellar orbital trajectories and velocities around Sgr A.
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Some older lectures on interesting Cosmological questions: (older information should be taken in light of later discoveries and observations, eg. by HST and WMAP)
The origin of Entropy
The origin of Galaxies
Dissipational Galaxy Formation (would be interesting to compare with the star formation rate over the Universe's history).
Pre-Galactic stars and the Microwave Background
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MAS347 Mathematical Aspects of Cosmology (cont.)
Cosmology - Part III Large Scale Structure Formation (Cambridge)
Feedback and triggering in Galaxy Evolution (Cavendish Astrophysics Group)
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5700 Stellar Structure and Evolution - cont. (Univ. of Colorado):
White Dwarf cooling:
Pre-Main Sequence stellar evolution:
Disc Accretion:
(See PART 11 of the degree modules)
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UK degree classification scheme (2003):
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4C15 High Energy Astrophysics slide 5/8 - cont. (UCL):
[ Pulsars, Cosmic Rays, AGN ]
4C15 Problem sheets and exams:
(See also Part 10 of the degree modules)
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3C25 Solid State Physics (UCL):
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Supplementary: extra Lecture notes and tables of misc constants, quantities and units
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Some older quantities and customary units in common usage in the past:
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Fluid Dynamics (Hydrodynamics) notes
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Quantum Mechanics Lecture notes - D. Cohen