Lecture 5

 

 

 

  1. Expected properties of neutron stars

 

 

 

a.       Mass

 

 

 

b.      Temperature

 

 

 

c.       Rotation

 

 

 

 

d.      Magnetic field

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Pulsars

 

 

 

 

a.       Discovery

 

 

 

 

 

b.      Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

c.       Mechanism (lighthouse model)

 

 

 

 

 

d.      Evolution

 

 

 

 

 

e.       Pulsars in binary systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Black holes

 

 

 

 

 

a.       Introduction to ideas about space and time

 

 

 

 

 

b.      Space-time.  Gravity as curvature of space-time

 

 

 

 

 

c.       Gravitational redshift

 

 

 

 

 

d.      Time dilation

 

 

 

 

 

e.       Space contraction

 

 

 

 

 

f.        Falling into a black hole

 

 

 

 

 

g.       Observational evidence for black holes