High-Energy Astrophysics

4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

Lecture, three hours. Interactions of high-energy photons with matter. Telescopes and detectors (X-ray, gamma-ray, and radio). Accretion. Supernovae and gamma-ray bursts. Compact objects. Active galactic nuclei. Particle acceleration and cosmic rays. Dark matter, gravitational waves, neutrino astronomy. Letter grading.