2:40pm–3:55pm
HAMILTON HALL HAM 318
Morningside
Seat data provenance: Directory as of August 23, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Description
Prerequisites: a strong undergraduate background in E-M and classical mechanics. Qualified undergraduates may be admitted with the instructors permission. The basic physics of high energy astrophysical phenomena. Protostars, equations of stellar structure; radiative transfer theory; stellar nucleosynthesis; radiative emission processes; equations of state and cooling theory for neutron stars and white dwarfs, Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation; Chandrasekhar limit; shocks and fluids; accretion theory for both disks and hard surfaces; black hole orbits and light bending.
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Instructor quality
n=48, 2000–2026
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Teaching quality
2.6 / 5
Grading fairness
2.8 / 5
Workload
4.0 / 5 · Heavy
Difficulty
3.7 / 5 · Hard
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Where it meets
Flat map — motion reduced
Workload and grading
- Grading
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- Format
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- Credits
- 3 credits
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