High Energy Astrophysics -
Fall
2006
Homework #6 - due November 7
1. Show that the radius of a white decreases as its mass
increases.
2. If the temperature of a 2000 year old SNR is 107 K and
the shock speed is 2,000 km/s, what will the temperature and shock
speed be when the SNR is 5000 years old?
3. A 100 MeV photon interacts in the GLAST tracker. Calculate the
rms deflection in a single silicon layer of the GLAST tracker for the
electron produced.