High-Energy Astrophysics
CAS AS 757
Graduate Prerequisites: (GRSAS701 & GRSAS704 & GRSAS706 & GRSAS708) or consent of instructor. - Physics of interactions between high-energy particles and photons. Compton scattering; nuclear collisions; acceleration and energy losses of high-energy particles; neutrino production; physics of cosmic rays; pulsars; accretion onto compact objects; active galactic nuclei and other high-energy phenomena.
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