Theoretical Astrophysics

Lecturer:	Ralf Klessen ZAH/ITA, Albert-Ueberle-Str. 2, 69120 Heidelberg
Time and Location:	Tuesday, 9:05 - 10:50 hours, Philosophenweg 12 -- Großer Hörsaal Thursday, 9:05 - 10:50 hours, Philosophenweg 12 -- Großer Hörsaal
Tutorial:	Monday, 10:30 - 12:00 hours, Philosophenweg 12 -- Neuer Hörsaal (tutor Ralf Klessen). Tuesday, 13:30 - 15:00 hours, Philosophenweg 12 -- Neuer Hörsaal (tutor Simon Glover). The homework assignments are corrected by Surhud More.
Notes:	Lecture on October 23 will take place in the Neuer Hörsaal, because of a minisymposium on that day in the Großer Hörsaal. Lecture on October 28 will be held by Simon Glover. ERROR in homework assignment 5: The terms in equation (3) involving the pressure need to be divided by the density! The corrected assignment sheet is available below. The final exam will take place in the Großer Hörsaal on Thursday, January 15, during the lecture time (9:15 to 11:00).You can bring one sheet of paper with personal notes and formulae, no other tools (such as books or computer or pocket calculator) are allowed.

 

Detailed Schedule:

 

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1	07.10.	TU	introduction & Boltzmann equation
2	09.10.	TH	Maxwell-Boltzmann transport equation	1			HW 1
3	14.10.	TU	momentum equation (Navier-Stokes)
4	16.10.	TH	energy equation	2	1		HW 2
5	21.10.	TU	entropy & virial theorem			1
6	23.10.	TH	classical hydrodynamics: vorticity, circulation theorem, Bernoulli's constant	3	2		HW 3
7	28.10.	TU	sound waves and shock fronts lecture held by Simon Glover			2
8	30.10.	TH	shock jump conditions, blast waves (Sedov solution)	4	3		HW 4
9	04.11.	TU	fluid instabilities: Jeans, Rayleigh-Taylor			3
10	06.11.	TH	fluid instabilities: Kelvin-Helmholtz, convection	5	4		HW 5
11	11.11.	TU	fluid instabilities: thermal, turbulence			4
12	13.11.	TH	magneto-hydrodynamics: basics	6	5		HW 6
13	18.11.	TU	magneto-hydrodynamics: waves			5
14	20.11.	TH	magneto-hydrodynamics: waves, two-fluid description	7	6		HW 7
15	25.11.	TU	plasma physics: basic concepts, waves			6
16	27.11.	TH	plasma physics: waves	8	7		HW 8
17	02.12.	TU	plasma physics: waves in magnetized plasmas			7
18	04.12.	TH	radiation: basic quantities	9	8		HW 9
19	09.12.	TU	radiative transfer, thermal radiation			8
20	11.12.	TH	Planck spectrum, Einstein coefficients	10	9		HW 10
21	16.12.	TU	Thomson scattering			9
22	18.12.	TH	Compton effect	11	10		HW 11

Christmas Break

23	08.01.	TH	bremsstrahlung, synchrotron emission	12	11		HW 12
24	13.01.	TU	photoionisation and recombination			10/11
25	15.01.	TH	EXAM	E	12
26	20.01.	TU	spectra			12
27	22.01.	TH	stellar dynamics: time scales, Jeans equation
28	27.01.	TU	stellar dynamics: distribution function, stability			E
29	29.01.	TH	stellar dynamics: Vlasov equation, dynamical friction

(Tutorial: out = homework handed out, in = homework collected during tutoral session, back = homework assignment given back and discussed, E = final exam, HW = homework assignment)