A8 · High-energy astrophysics
A 28-module path through a8 · high-energy astrophysics, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- Active Galactic Nuclei: Unified Model
- Supermassive Black Holes
- Eddington Luminosity and Accretion Limits
- Thin Accretion Disks and the Shakura–Sunyaev Model
- Advection-Dominated Accretion Flows
- Magnetorotational Instability and Accretion Turbulence
- Relativistic Jets and Launching Mechanisms
- Blazars and Relativistic Beaming
- Quasars and Quasar Evolution
- Black Hole Spin and the Ergosphere
- Iron Kα Line and Relativistic Reflection
- M–sigma Relation and Black Hole–Galaxy Coevolution
- AGN Feedback
- Reverberation Mapping and the Broad-Line Region
- Tidal Disruption Events
- Cosmic Rays: Origin and Spectrum
- Diffusive Shock Acceleration
- Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays and the GZK Cutoff
- Synchrotron and Inverse-Compton Radiation
- Gamma-Ray Bursts
- GRB Fireball Model and Afterglows
- Clusters of Galaxies
- The Intracluster Medium
- Cooling Flows and Cool-Core Clusters
- Sunyaev–Zel'dovich Effect
- Cluster Mass Determination and Hydrostatic Equilibrium
- Blandford–Znajek Mechanism
- Superluminal Motion in Jets