Authors
Dr.
Julian Malzac
Date and time
9 Nov 2015 - 08:15 Europe/London
Address
Aula
Talk language
English
Serie number
1
Description
Lecture 1: Introduction to compact objects: The sources of power
- Rotation (pulsars)
- Magnetic fields (Magnetars)
- Gravitation (basics of accretion in binary system with a compact star/BH)
- mass transfer
- accretion flows (hot vs cold) and interaction with compact star
(magnetised vs unmagnetised, hard surface vs no surface)
- Jet launching
- Thermo-nuclear (Novae/X-ray bursters)