This senior seminar will take advantage of Visiting Prof. Marek Demianski's specialties to deal with topics of widespread interest to our students on an advanced level. This course will deal with the end products of stellar evolution: collapsed stars. Observational results from satellites, including the Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory, will be discussed. The required mathematics will be developed as needed. Format: lecture/discussion, three hours per week. Evaluation will be based on homework assignments, two hour exams, and a final exam. Prerequisites: A 200-level Physics course or permission of the instructor.

Hour: DEMIANSKI