Compact stars

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Department of Physics

Synopsis:

Introductory lecture to the physics of compact stars covers all types of objects that stabilised against gravity by the Fermi pressure of particles from which they consist.

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Syllabus of lectures:

1.Introductory overview and the structure of compact stars

2.Necessary relations from General Relativity, Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkov equation

3.Thermodynamics of dense matter, beta equilibrium, equation of state, polytropes

4.Stability and maximum mass of compact stars, scaling solutions

5.White dwarfs: Chandrashekar limit, structure

6.Pulsars: observation, dipole model of radiation, slowing down

7.Neutron stars, structure: outer and inner crust, outer and inner core, nuclear pasta

8.Quark and hybrid stars

9.Gravitational waves from systems containing compact stars

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Study materials:

[1] Schaffner-Bielich, J.: Compact Star Physics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2020

[2] Shapiro, S.L., Teukolsky, S.A.: Black holes, White Dwarfs, and Neutron Stars, The Physics of Compact Objects, Viley-VCH, Weinheim, 1983-2004

[3] Camenzind, M.: Compact Objects in Astrophysics, Springer, Berlin 2007

[4] Weber, F.: Pulsars as Astrophysical Laboratories for Nuclear and Particle Physics, IOP Publishing, Bristol 1999

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