ASTR/PHYS 5590: High Energy Astrophysics Spring 2020: Week 13

Week 13

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HW 7 due Thursday by 2pm (upload to Canvas via MyMedia?)

Project Reports Due April 24th at 3pm

Final exam last day of class: April 21st Made available @2pm, due back by 4pm

finish up BHs (Ch. 13.11), Accretion & Binary Systems (Ch. 14)

ASTR/PHYS 5590: High Energy Astrophysics Spring 2020: Week 13

Black Hole Binary Candidates in the MW

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ASTR/PHYS 5590: High Energy Astrophysics Spring 2020: Week 13

Black Hole Mass Estimates including

constraints from the mass function

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Fig. 13.27 (Orosz 2007)

ASTR/PHYS 5590: High Energy Astrophysics Spring 2020: Week 13

Accretion Disks

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Thin Disk Thick Disk

Fig. 14.6 Fig. 14.10