Special Topics in Astrophysics 29:235  -  Spring 2010

High Energy Astrophysics


Syllabus   Lectures/Homework

News:
Thursday, January 28, we will meet in 665 VAN.  After that, we will be back in 618 VAN.

Information:
Instructor:  Prof. Philip Kaaret
Office: 702 Van Allen Hall
Phone: 335-1985
E-mail: philip-kaaret [at] uiowa.edu
Office hours:  just drop by

Potential papers for projects:
Chandra Discovery of a 100 kiloparsec X-Ray Jet in PKS 0637-752
Chandra Observations of Tycho's Supernova Remnant
Chandra High-Resolution Camera observations of the luminous X-ray source in the starburst galaxy M82
Chandra X-Ray Observatory Detection of Extended X-Ray Emission from the Planetary Nebula BD +30°3639
The Discovery of Broad P Cygni X-Ray Lines from Circinus X-1 with the Chandra High-Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer
Resolving the Mystery of X-Ray-faint Elliptical Galaxies: Chandra X-Ray Observations of NGC 4697
Discovery of Spatial and Spectral Structure in the X-Ray Emission from the Crab Nebula
Chandra X-Ray Detection of the Radio Hot Spots of 3C 295
Resolving the extragalactic hard X-ray background

Links:
NASA ADS Search form
NASA ADS
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
NASA HEASARC
XCOM: Photon Cross Sections Database