Course: Astro 101: Black Holes
Modules:
01.01 – Introduction to Black Holes, 01.02 – Black Holes in Pop Culture, 01.03 – Connecting Gravity and Light, 01.04 – Getting on the Same Wavelength, 01.05 – Working with Light, 01.06 – Doppler Shift, 01.07 – Newtonian Gravity, 01.08 – Escape Velocity, 01.09 – Dark Stars, 01.10 – What is a Black Hole?, How are black holes depicted in Japanese manga? Interview with Dr. Mimi Okabe [https://www.ualberta.ca/modern-languages-and-cultural-studies/people/contract-academic-staff/mimi-okabe.html], 01.11 – Summary: Black Hole Basics
02.01 – Introduction: Life and Death of a Star, 02.02 – The Stellar Nursery, Where are the Sun's siblings? Interview with Dr. Erik Rosolowsky, Professor at the University of Alberta, 02.03 – Now That's a Stellar Sequence!, 02.04 – Energy Production in Stars, 02.05 – Energy Loss from Stars, 02.06 – The Sun's Light and Life on Earth, What is a Super-Earth? Interview with Dr. Kelsey Hoffman, researcher at the SETI Institute, 02.07 – End of a Star's Life, 02.08 – Life After the Death of Low Mass Stars, 02.09 – Life After the Death of High Mass Stars, 02.10 – Summary: The Circle of Life
03.01 – Introduction: The Structure of Spacetime, 03.02 – Fishing in Spacetime, 03.03 – Introducing Special Relativity Theory, 03.04 – Spacetime, Could there be extra dimensions? Interview with Dr. Douglas Gingrich, Professor at the University of Alberta, 03.05 A -  Events and Simultaneity, 03.05 B - Time Dilation and Length Contraction, 03.05 C - The Twins Paradox, 03.06 – The Equivalence Principle, How do black holes fall? Interview with Dr. Jeremy Heyl, Professor at the University of British Columbia., 03.07 – Curved Spacetime, The history of the earliest test of general relativity.  Interview with Dr. Robert Smith, Professor of History at the University of Alberta., 03.08 – Summary: Living Relativistically
04.01 – Introduction: Sizing up Black Holes, 04.02 – May the Schwarz(schild) Be With You, 04.03 – Dancing with the Stars, 04.04 – The Big Black Hole Weigh-in, Is there a limit to the size of a black hole? Interview with Dr. Gregory Sivakoff, Professor at the University of Alberta, 04.05 - Stellar Mass Black Holes, 04.06 – Supermassive Black Holes, How do supermassive black holes form? Interview with Dr. Daryl Haggard, Professor at McGill University, 04.07 - Intermediate Mass Black Holes, 04.08 – SUPERtiny Black Holes, 04.09 – Summary: Preparing to Explore
05.01 – Journey into a Black Hole, 05.02 – Jets, What is important about a black hole's jet? Interview with Dr. Bryan Gaensler, Director of the Dunlap Observatory at the University of Toronto, 05.03 - Black Hole Companions (Updated Version 20210825), 05.04 – Sipping on Star Soup, How can a star be like a vampire? Interview with Dr. Craig Heinke, Professor at the University of Alberta, 05.05 – Have a Corona!, 05.06 – What is Accretion?, How do black holes grow? Interview with Dr. Robert Thacker, Professor at St. Mary's University, 05.07 – Spinning Through the Disc, 05.08 – Innermost Stable Circular Orbit, 05.09 – Summary: Teetering on the Edge
06.01 – Introduction: Across the Event Horizon, 06.02 – The Event Horizon, 06.03 – The Singularity, What happens at the singularity of a black hole? Interview with Dr. Valeri Frolov, Professor at the University of Alberta, 06.04 – Spinning Black Holes, How can you determine if a black hole is spinning? Interview with Dr. Fiona Harrison, Professor at Caltech University, 06.05 – Wormholes, 06.06 - Summary: Crossing the Event Horizon
07.01 – Black Holes: The Final Frontier, 07.02 – Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 07.03 – Hawking Radiation, What is Hawking Radiation? Interview with Dr. Don Page, Professor at the University of Alberta, 07.04 – Information in a Black Hole, What is quantum information? Interview with Dr. Lindsay LeBlanc, Professor at the University of Alberta, 07.05 – Black Hole Thermodynamics, How do you cool a gas with lasers? Interview with Dr. Lindsay LeBlanc, Professor at the University of Alberta, 07.06 – Lifespan of a Black Hole, How could you create a black hole in the Large Hadron Collider? Interview with Dr. Doug Gingrich, Professor at the University of Alberta, 07.07 – Summary: Inside a Black Hole
08.01 – Introduction: Hiding in Plain Sight, 08.02 – Telescopes, Why are X-ray telescopes useful for studying black holes? Interview with Dr. Daryl Haggard, Professor at McGill University, 08.03 – Chopping Up Rainbows, 08.04 – Advanced Illumination, 08.05 – Black Hole Discs, 08.06 – Staring into the Hot Mess, 08.07 – Beam Me Up!, What types of jets could a black hole have? Interview with Dr. Gregory Sivakoff, Professor at the University of Alberta, 08.08 – Summary: Hunting for Black Holes
09.01 – Introduction: Turn To Face The Strange, 09.02 – To Feed Or Not To Feed, 09.03 – Companion Stars in Black Hole Binaries (20210825 Update), What is a black hole outburst? Interview with Dr. Aarran Shaw, Astronomer at the University of Alberta, 09.04 – The Alternative Diets of Supermassive Black Holes, 09.05 – The Special Case of SGR A*, Why is Sagittarius A* important? Interview with Dr. Fiona Harrison, Professor at Caltech University, 09.06 – The Hermits of the Black Hole Family, What does microlensing have in common with exoplanet searches? Interview with Dr. Kelsey Hoffman, Researcher at the SETI Institute, 09.07 – It's On... Now What?, 09.08 – Impact of Black Holes on Galaxies, What is the impact of a supermassive black hole on a galaxy? Interview with Dr. Sarah Gallagher, Professor at Western University, 09.09 Seeking Out the Elusive, Can intermediate mass black holes be found in globular clusters? Interview with Dr. Craig Heinke, 09.10 – Summary: Our Eyes in the Sky
10.01 – Introduction: Seeing with Gravity, 10.02 – Gravitational Lensing, 10.02 B. Gravitational Lensing: The Black Hole in M87, 10.03 – Gravitational Radiation, 10.04 A - Binary Inspiral, How do binary pairs of black holes form? Interview with Dr. Tyrone Woods, Researcher at Monash University, 10.04 B - Neutron Star Mergers, Where does the gold in your ring come from? Interview with Dr. Rodrigo Fernandez, Professor at the University of Alberta, How does a neutron star's vibrations affect binary inspiral? Interview with Dr. Jocelyn Read, Professor at California State Fullerton, 10.04 C - Black Hole Mergers, 10.05 – Gravitational Telescopes, 10.06 – Pulsar Timing Arrays, What is a pulsar timing array? Interview with Dr. Ingrid Stairs, Professor at the University of British Columbia, 10.07 – Summary: The Final Countdown