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Outline
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Neutron Stars
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Black Holes
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Neutron Stars
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Discovery of Pulsars
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The Crab Pulsar
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The Crab Pulsar
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Light curves of the Crab Pulsar
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The Lighthouse Model of Pulsars
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Images of Pulsars and other Neutron Stars
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The Effects of Pulsar Winds
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Proper Motion of Neutron Stars
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Binary Pulsars
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Other cool stuff about Neutron Stars
  • Novel Dragon’s Egg by Robert L. Forward
  • Short Story “Neutron Star” by Larry Niven (available at www.fictionwise.com)


  • Binary Pulsars
    • Tests of general relativity, interesting interactions
  • Pulsar Planets
    • Variation in pulsar times indicates a wobble from a planet in orbit around the pulsar.
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Compact Objects with Disks and Jets
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The X-Ray Burster 4U 1820-30
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Pulsar Planets
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Black Holes
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Escape Velocity
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The Schwarzschild Radius
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Schwarzschild Radius and Event Horizon
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Examples:
  • The Schwarzschild Radius:
    • Mass in solar masses Rs (km)
      • 10
      • 3
      • 2
      • 1
      • 0.000003 (Earth)
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Examples:
  • The Schwarzschild Radius:
    • Mass in solar masses Rs (km)
      • 10 30
      • 3 9
      • 2 6
      • 1 3
      • 0.000003 (Earth) 0.9 cm
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“Black Holes Have No Hair”
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The Gravitational Field of a Black Hole
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General Relativity Effects Near Black Holes
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General Relativity Effects Near Black Holes (II)
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General Relativity Effects Near Black Holes (III)
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Observing Black Holes
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Jets of Energy from Compact Objects
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Model of the X-Ray Binary SS 433
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Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs)