Astro 511/Phys 525 Student ProjectsThe following is a tentative schedule and topics. Please email me by TuesdayMay 1 the title of your talk ([email protected]). In your email, please also tellme 1-2 key papers you have been studying, and the main issues/questions you aretrying to address/understand in your project.Please prepare a 20-25 min talk using transparencies or laptop (powerpoint etc).This is your chance to rep ort to the class what you have studied. The level of thepresentation is that it should be understandable (at least on a qualitative level) tothe class (who will ask you questions during your presentation and therefore help youclarify your understanding and write-up). By the time you give the talk, you shouldhave already done essentially all your reading/research, and should at least have arough draft of your writeup.There will be two sessions, each with 5-6 talks. It is expected that students willattend/participate (i.e. ask questions!) both sessions, including the one he/she willnot give talk.LOCATION: Room 301, Space Sciences Bl dg.May 10, Thursday: 1:30 pm-4:00 pm:1. Nishant Agarwal: Which Stars become NS/BHs2. Francois Foucart: Electrodynamics in GR Applied to Pulsars3. Wen Fu: QPOs in BH accretion Disks, Possible Magnetic effects, etc.4. Ben Holmes: Pulsar Spindown, Precession, etc.5. Rick Kipphorn: Pulsar Pulses, Intermittent Pulsars, RRATsMay 11, Friday: 1:30 pm-4 pm:6. Naresh Kumar: Supermassive BH Binaries in Gaseous and Stellar Disks etc7. Istvan Laszlo: BH Formation in Massive Stars8. Silena Paik: Supermassive Binary BHs9. Laura Spitler: Intermediate Mass BHs and ULX sources10. Nick Stone: Tidal Disruption of Stars by Supermassive BHsWRITE-UP:You will write a report on your project. The typical length of your writeupshould be 5-10 ApJ-like pages (including all figures and references). Please do notexceed the page limit (10 pages). The format is flexible as long as it conveys whatyou have studied. I will not grade your writeup. So it is more for yourself thanit is for me (e.g., it could be an organized note for yourself, so that even after afew years you will still remember what you did/learned after reading your writeup!)I suggest that you use the ApJ template file that emulates the published versionof the journal — this will give you more space for your report and give some ho-mogeneity to the book. You can find sample latex file and related style files onhttp://www.astro.cornell.edu/∼dong/a511/a511.html (You can also find these in theApJ webpage).Since I am going to bound all the pape rs into a book (each student will receivea copy), please write your campus address as your affliation on the paper so I canmail it to you (or you can pick up your book from me a few days after the due date).THE WRITE-UP IS DUE ON OR BEFORE NOON, MAY