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01.05 – Working with Light

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Astro 101: Black Holes

Universidad de Alberta

4.8 (166 calificaciones) | 6.6K estudiantes inscritos

What is a black hole? Do they really exist? How do they form? How are they related to stars? What would happen if you fell into one? How do you see a black hole if they emit no light? What’s the difference between a black hole and a really dark star? Could a particle accelerator create a black hole? Can a black hole also be a worm hole or a time machine? In Astro 101: Black Holes, you will explore the concepts behind black holes. Using the theme of black holes, you will learn the basic ideas of astronomy, relativity, and quantum physics. After completing this course, you will be able to: • Describe the essential properties of black holes. • Explain recent black hole research using plain language and appropriate analogies. • Compare black holes in popular culture to modern physics to distinguish science fact from science fiction. • Describe the application of fundamental physical concepts including gravity, special and general relativity, and quantum mechanics to reported scientific observations. • Recognize different types of stars and distinguish which stars can potentially become black holes. • Differentiate types of black holes and classify each type as observed or theoretical. • Characterize formation theories associated with each type of black hole. • Identify different ways of detecting black holes, and appropriate technologies associated with each detection method. • Summarize the puzzles facing black hole researchers in modern science.

Destrezas que aprenderás

Gravitation, Theory Of Relativity, Physics, Astronomy, Black Hole

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MG

Apr 28, 2019

its the Best ever Course and i learned a lot things about which i have not heard before i will strongly recommend this to people who want to know about black holes.

JS

Jun 25, 2019

Definitely good introductory course for someone interested in black holes! The instructors are funny and really taught me things with certain detail. Like it!

De la lección

Introduction to Black Holes

Hello and welcome to the first module of Astro 101! In this module, you will become familiar with the basic structure of a black hole, learn the terminology used to describe them, and explore the history of black hole physics.

01.01 – Introduction to Black Holes4:28

01.02 – Black Holes in Pop Culture8:17

01.03 – Connecting Gravity and Light6:38

01.04 – Getting on the Same Wavelength11:01

01.05 – Working with Light15:03

01.06 – Doppler Shift10:23

01.07 – Newtonian Gravity16:29

01.08 – Escape Velocity11:19

01.09 – Dark Stars5:25

01.10 – What is a Black Hole?11:54

01.11 – Summary: Black Hole Basics2:39

Interviews with experts - How are black holes depicted in Japanese manga?4:52

Impartido por:

Sharon Morsink
Associate Professor

Transcripción

For us to even know anything about light,

we need ways of making it,

measuring it, and using it.

In order to do all of these things,

we creatures made of matter need methods of interacting with light.

We know that matter is somehow responsible for the creation of photons,

but until now, we really haven't considered how.

Light production falls into two major categories: incandescence and luminescence.

Incandescence is the production of light by any body that contains heat energy,

the energy of vibration.

Incandescence is how filament light bulbs produce light.

By warming the metal filament inside the lightbulb using electricity,

the metal grows hotter and hotter,

emitting more and more light as the temperature increases.

The scientific principle of blackbody radiation explains how photons are

created by the intense vibrations of atoms and electrons at high temperatures.

Blackbody radiation applies to any object above absolute zero,

even those that are very cold since

even small atomic vibrations exist above absolute zero,

the coldest possible temperature.

The theory of blackbody radiation describes how

the oscillation of atoms in objects creates light waves.

Atoms and electrons sloshing back and forth due to

thermal vibrations or heat act as tiny emitters,

creating oscillating electromagnetic fields.

This wiggle of electromagnetic field can

be wrapped up in a neat little bundle we call a photon.

Luminescence is the production of light through atomic transitions,

which are sometimes called cold body radiation.

In a planetary model of an atom,

electron orbits move in orbits around the nucleus.

When an electron jumps from one orbit to another,

it emits or absorbs a photon of specific energy to do this.

There are many subcategories of luminescent processes.

Fluorescence converts UV photons,

which we can't see into visible light.

Photo phosphorescence releases energy stored in glowing the dark objects,

and triboluminescence produces light when we chew on hard candies like lifesavers.

Now that we've got some light to work with,

let's make sure we can measure its properties.

When we want to take a measurement of light, what are we measuring?

We know that the speed of light is denoted by the letter c,

and as a constant,

at just under three times 10 to the eight meters per second.

What is left is either measure of wavelength,

the frequency, or the energy that the photon packets carry.

A typical red laser emits a beam of photons with a wavelength of 650 nanometers.

It could equally be advertised as having photons

oscillating at a frequency of 460 terahertz,

or even in terms of the photon energy, 1.9 electron volts.

Electron volts may sound like a strange unit,

one of many will come across in this course.

It is defined as the amount of energy that is gained or lost by the charge of a

single electron moving across an electric potential difference of 1 volt.

It is a minuscule amount of energy equivalent to about

1.6 times 10 to the minus 19 Joules.

The naming and labeling of light can be confusing.

The thing to remember is that a photon's energy, wavelength,

and frequency can all be considered as equivalent ways to describe light.

While a radio frequency photon emitted by a radio station is usually

characterized by its frequency, say 102.9 megahertz.

An X-ray photon is usually characterized by its energy,

say a kiloelectron volt.

Visible light photons are often described by their wavelength,

between 400 and 700 nanometers.

If you are given one of energy, frequency or wavelength,

there are some very simple mathematical relationships

that allow you to determine the other quantities.

The equation relating frequency and wavelength of a photon to the speed of light is,

the wavelength lambda times the frequency f is equal to

the speed of light c. Let's double check the values we had for our red laser.

We've been given its wavelength at 650 nanometers.

So to determine its frequency,

we simply divide the speed of light c by the wavelength lambda.

Remember, in order to calculate this properly,

we need to express both the speed of light and

the wavelength in the common unit of meters.

So, a red photon with a wavelength of

650 nanometers has an oscillation frequency of 460 terahertz,

exactly what I stated before.

How much energy is our 650 nanometer photon carrying?

Let's use our last answer of 460 terahertz to calculate the photon energy.

This time, we need another simple equation that

relates the frequency of a photon with the energy that it carries.

The photon energy is given by the equation,

E equals h times f. E

stands for the energy and f stands for the frequency of the photon.

But h is a new value in this equation.

This h represents Planck's constant,

named after Max Planck.

It relates the frequency of a photon with its energy.

H has a value of 6.626

times 10 to the minus 34 in units of Joule-seconds.

So, now our 650 nanometer wavelength photon

which oscillates with a frequency of 460 terahertz,

carries with it an energy equal to 3 times 10 to the minus 19 Joules.

That is a tiny amount of energy.

Each and every 650 nanometer wavelength photon

carries an incredibly small amount of energy.

But, bright light sources like lasers,

produce tremendous numbers of photons which is why

they pack enough punch to damage sensitive tissues like the retinas of our eyes.

Hence, the laser safety label,

that's common phrase in laser labs,

"Do not look into the laser with your remaining eye."

The relationships we have discussed here can be summed up in just three equations.

The first two we used,

that we just run through and a combination of them.

E is equal to hc over lambda.

These simple relationships are modern discoveries relatively speaking,

since they were developed in the early 20th century,

during the quantum revolution.

With these three equations,

a technological revolution occurred that permitted the development of advanced optics and

telescopes capable of measuring light from even the far reaches of the cosmos.

The speed of light is known to incredible precision.

Since the speed of light is well known,

it has become common for astronomers to measure enormous distances in space

in terms of the time it takes for light to travel in a given amount of time.

For example, the distance that light can travel in one second is known as a light-second.

One light-second is equal to 299,790,000

meters or 299,790 kilometers.

A number this large,

can be hard to wrap your head around.

So, let's compare this distance to one we can imagine.

The distance from the Earth and to the moon.

The distance between the Earth and the moon is 384,400 kilometers,

which is just a bit larger than one light-second.

We could use the unit kilometers which is getting a bit

crazy at this point or we could use the unit of light-second.

In this new unit,

the distance between the Earth and the moon is 1.3 light-seconds.

In other words, it takes a photon of light

1.3 seconds to travel from the Earth to the moon.

If we now step up the size scale and consider the Earth and our Sun,

it takes light 8.3 minutes to travel from the sun to the Earth.

So we say that the distance is 8.3 light-minutes.

Since the distance from the Earth to the sun is so important in astronomy,

astronomers also introduced a new distance

called the astronomical unit, abbreviated to AU.

An astronomical unit is the average distance between the Earth and the sun,

and is equal to 8.3 light-minutes

or 149.6 million kilometers.

Yeah, the measure of the distance in kilometers is starting to get a bit crazy and messy.

If we return to the speed of light measuring stick,

and continue to shift the size scale further,

we have had light-seconds and light-minutes minutes,

then a light-year is the distance light travels in one year.

9.50 times ten to the power of 12 kilometers.

A light-year sounds like a big distance,

but the distance between the sun and the next closest star,

Proxima Centauri, is larger than this.

Proxima Centauri lies 4.2 light-years away.

The distance to the center of the Milky Way galaxy is close to 25,000 light-years.

The final unit of distance we want to mention here is called a parsec.

This distance is equivalent to 3.26 light-years,

and was defined in 2015 to be equal to

648,000 divided by Pi astronomical units.

This unit of measurement developed in the early 1900s may sound familiar to some of you,

from the beloved character in Star Wars: A New Hope.

Han Solo, owner of the Millennium Falcon brags to Luke Skywalker and Ben Kenobi that,

"it's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs".

On first hearing this,

you might think that a parsec is a measurement of time,

but this is obviously not the case.

According to fan theory,

the Kessel Run is

a heavily used smuggling route that normally takes 18 parsecs to navigate.

However, Han claims he had shortened the journey

by skirting a nearby black hole cluster called the mole.

This path took him closer to black holes than others we're willing to go,

and shown that route by six parsecs.

However, in the original script written by George Lucas,

Han's line is to be delivered in such a way as to denote he

is obviously lying in order to boast in front of Luke and Ben.

Needless to say, the Millennium Falcon did prove to be a fast ship.

The way speed is portrayed in these films,

depends not only on visual effects but also on sound effects.

Yes, you heard that right, The Doppler Shift.

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