High energy astrophysics

1. Radiation transfer (basic definitions and transfer equations)

2. Radiation of special relativistic sources (Doppler boost, beaming, superluminal motion)

3. Radiation processes (free-free, synchrotron, inverse Compton , pair creation-annihilation)

4. Hydrodynamics (flow equations, spherical wind and accretion, shock waves)

5. Relativistic hydrodynamics (flow equations, relativistic winds, shock waves),

Applications to models of astrophysical phenomena will be incorporated along the entire course (Supernovae, microquasars, AGNs, Gamma-ray Burst)

Bibliography:

- Radiative Processes in Astrophysics; Rybicki & Lightman

- Fluid Mechanics; Landau & Lifshitz

- Physics of Shock Waves and High-Temperature Hydrodynamic Phenomena; Zel'dovich & Raizer

- Theoretical Astrophysics; Padmanabhan