Lectures at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Padua (2024)

Lecture 1. Neutron stars. Introduction.
Slides (pdf)
Video: part 1, part 2, part 3

Lecture 2. Neutron stars. Kick velocity.
Slides (pdf)
Video: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4. Black hole kicks.

Lecture 3. Neutron stars. Glitches and precession.
Slides (pdf)
Video: part 1. Glitches, part 2. Precession

Lecture 4. Neutron stars. Magnetic field evolution.
Slides (pdf)
Video: part 1 , part 2 , part 3. Fallback and field re-emergence

Lecture 5. Neutron stars. Surface emission.
Slides (pdf)
Video: part 1 , part 2 .

Lecture 6. Neutron stars. Magnetars.
Slides (pdf)
Video: part 1 , part 2 , part 3 , part 4 .

Lecture 7. Black holes. Introduction.
Slides (pdf)
Video: part 1 , part 2 , part 3 .

Lecture 8. Black holes. Supermassive BHs.
Slides (pdf)
Video: part 1 , part 2 , part 3 , part 4 , part 5 , part 6 .

Lecture 9. Black holes. Seeds, growth, binary SMBHs, coalescence, GW rocket.
Slides (pdf)
Video: part 1 , part 2 , part 3 ,

Papers to read:

  • Basic properties: Gordon Baym, Frederick K. Lamb ``Neutron Stars'' physics/0503245
  • Types of NSs: Michela Rigoselli ``X-ray observations of Isolated Neutron Stars'' arXiv: 2402.14442
  • Glitches: Link et al. ``Probing the Neutron Star Interior with Glitches'' astro-ph/0001245
  • Precession: Link ``Precession of Isolated Neutron Stars'' astro-ph/0211182
  • Magnetic field evolution: Igoshev et al. ``Evolution of neutron star magnetic fields'' arXiv: 2109.05584
  • Fallback: Abolmasov et al. ``Spin evolution of neutron stars'' arXiv: 2402.04331, Sec. 2
  • Thermal emission: Zavlin ``Thermal emission from isolated neutron stars: theoretical and observational aspects'' astro-ph/0702426
  • Atmospheres: Zavlin, Pavlov ``Modeling Neutron Star Atmospheres'' astro-ph/0206025
  • Magnetars: Turolla, Zane, Watts ``Magnetars: the physics behind observations'' arXiv: 1507.02924
  • Black hole definitions: Curiel ``The Many Definitions of a Black Hole'' arXiv: 1808.01507
  • Basics of black holes: Bambi ``Astrophysical Black Holes: A Review'' arXiv: 1906.03871
  • Black hole shadow: Bronzwaer, Falcke ``The nature of black hole shadows'' arXiv: 2108.03966
  • SMBHs: Volonteri et al. ``The origins of massive black holes'' arXiv: 2110.10175
  • AGN: Padovani et al. ``Active Galactic Nuclei: what's in a name?'' arXiv: 1707.07134
  • TDE: Gezari ``Tidal Disruption Events'' arXiv: 2104.14580