University Catalog 2014-2015

University of Colorado Boulder

ASTR-5710 (3) High-Energy Astrophysics

Studies astrophysics of UV, x-ray, gamma-ray, and cosmic-ray sources, including fundamentals of radiative and particle processes, neutron stars, black holes, pulsars, quasars, supernovas and their remnants; stellar flares; accretion disks; binary x-ray sources; and other cosmic x-ray sources. Prereq., senior-level undergraduate physics. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.