{"id":416,"date":"2019-02-25T20:01:02","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T19:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/?page_id=416"},"modified":"2022-05-11T11:22:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T09:22:45","slug":"astrophysics-of-gravitational-wave-sources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/index.php\/teaching\/astrophysics-of-gravitational-wave-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"Astrophysics of Gravitational Wave Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NTMF090 &#8211; Astrophysics of Gravitational Wave Sources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LS 2021\/2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previous years: <a href=\"http:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/index.php\/teaching\/astrophysics-of-gravitational-wave-sources\/astrophysics-of-gravitational-wave-sources\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"883\">LS 2019\/2020<\/a>    <a href=\"http:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/index.php\/teaching\/astrophysics-of-gravitational-wave-sources\/ls-2018-2019-ntmf090-astrophysics-of-gravitational-wave-sources\/\">LS 2018\/2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal of this class is to learn how to gain understanding of complex, unsolved problems with the origin and evolution of gravitational wave sources as a working example. The class will include order-of-magnitude exercises and literature reading. Credit will be given for class participation, homeworks, and final exam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Class syllabus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Existing and future GW detectors and their sensitivities (LIGO, VIRGO, PTA, LISA)<\/li><li>Overview of existing detections in contrast to other known astronomical populations of compact objects<\/li><li>Evolution of single stars to compact objects (white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes)<\/li><li>Evolution of binary stars to compact object binaries<\/li><li>Unconventional binary star evolution, dynamical formation of binaries (captures)<\/li><li>Physics of the merger<\/li><li>Electromagnetic and multi-messenger signatures of the merger<\/li><li>Introduction to the physics of astronomical transients<\/li><li>Core-collapse supernovae<\/li><li>The zoo of astronomical transients<\/li><li>Future sources: stochastic GW from big bang, white dwarf binaries, supermassive blackholes, EMRIs<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lecture 1 (February 15 2022) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NTMF090_LS2022_lecture01_public.pdf\">presentation slides<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Existing and future GW detectors and their sensitivities (LIGO, VIRGO, PTA, LISA)<\/li><li>Overview of existing detections in contrast to other known astronomical populations of compact objects<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lectures 2 &amp; 3 (March 22 2022) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/NTMF090_LS2020_lecture02_public.pdf\">presentation slides<\/a><\/strong>    <a href=\"http:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NTMF090_LS2022_lecture03_public.pdf\"><strong>presentation slides<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>GW strain from gravitationally bound binaries<\/li><li>GW decay timescale of binaries &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tapir.caltech.edu\/~chirata\/ph236\/lec12.pdf\">additional materials<\/a><\/li><li>Virial theorem<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/NTMF090_LS2020_homework02.pdf\">Homework on globular clusters<\/a> &#8211; virial theorem, mass segregation, evaporation, mean free path, etc.<\/li><li>Equations of stellar structure &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.astro.princeton.edu\/~gk\/A403\/stellar.pdf\">additional materials<\/a><\/li><li>Polytropic equation of state &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.astro.princeton.edu\/~gk\/A403\/polytrop.pdf\">additional materials<\/a><\/li><li>Virial theorem &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.astro.princeton.edu\/~gk\/A403\/stareql.pdf\">additional materials<\/a><\/li><li>Mass-radius relation of polytropes<\/li><li>Stability of polytropic star &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.astro.princeton.edu\/~gk\/A403\/dynstab.pdf\">additional materials<\/a><\/li><li>Mass-luminosity relation (homology) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.astro.princeton.edu\/~burrows\/classes\/514\/scaling.ps\">additional materials<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lectures 4 &amp; 5 (April 5 2022) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NTMF090_LS2022_lecture04_public.pdf\">presentation slides<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Single non-rotating solar-metallicity non-magnetic star evolution<\/li><li>Convection &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.astro.princeton.edu\/~burrows\/classes\/514\/convection.ps\">additional materials<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lectures 6 &amp; 7 (April 12 2022)<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NTMF090_LS2022_lecture06_public.pdf\"><strong>presentation slides<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Single non-rotating solar-metallicity non-magnetic star evolution<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lectures 8 &amp; 9 (April 19 2022)<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NTMF090_LS2022_lecture08_public.pdf\"><strong>presentation slides<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Final stages of stellar evolution &#8211; additional materials on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.astro.princeton.edu\/~gk\/A403\/wd.pdf\">Chandrasekhar mass<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.astro.princeton.edu\/~gk\/A403\/ns.pdf\">neutron stars<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.astro.princeton.edu\/~gk\/A403\/state.pdf\">equations of state<\/a><\/li><li>Homework &#8211; discuss paper on <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2003.05844v1\">neutrino Hertzprung-Russel diagram<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lecture 10 (April 26 2022)<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NTMF090_LS2022_lecture10_public.pdf\"><strong>presentation slides<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Final stages of stellar evolution, supernova explosion, pair instability, neutron stars<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lecture 11 (May 3 2022) <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NTMF090_LS2022_lecture11_public.pdf\"><strong>presentation slides<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>chemically-homogeneous evolution<\/li><li>Binary evolution: Roche potential, mass transfer, common envelope<\/li><li>Lidov-Kozai, cluster dynamics<\/li><li>Interesting papers: <a href=\"http:\/\/adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2012Sci...337..444S\">Binary Interaction Dominates the Evolution of Massive Stars<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2014ApJ...782....7D\">The Incidence of Stellar Mergers and Mass Gainers among Massive Stars<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lecture 12 (May 10 2022)<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NTMF090_LS2022_lecture12_public.pdf\"><strong>presentation slides<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Electromagnetic and multimessenger signatures of the merger<\/li><li>Physics of astronomical transients<\/li><li>r process<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lectures 13 &amp; 15 (May 17 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Final symposium:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Great debate 1: what is the nature of &#8220;most superluminous&#8221; supernova ASASSN-15lh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Great debate 2: Which stars make neutron stars and which black holes aka the<br>&#8220;red supergiant problem&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NTMF090 &#8211; Astrophysics of Gravitational Wave Sources LS 2021\/2022 Previous years: LS 2019\/2020 LS 2018\/2019 The goal of this class is to learn how to gain understanding of complex, unsolved problems with the origin and evolution of gravitational wave sources as a working example. The class will include order-of-magnitude exercises and literature reading. 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