Petr Kurfürst's webpage

Department: Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Physics Section, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, e-mail: petrk@physics.muni.cz

Department: Institute of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, webpage: utf.mff.cuni.cz

Member of an International Astronomical Union committee: IAU Working Group on Active B Stars, webpage: www.iau.org/19009/

PhD Thesis: PhD Thesis

Diploma Thesis: Diploma Thesis

Lectures, presentations, and other materials: Various materials

Science
Research group: High Energy Astrophysics

Selected publications: list

Videos of models of supernova explosions interacting with aspherical circumstellar material:

Interaction with a circumstellar disk: Model A

Interaction with a colliding-wind shell: bow shock: Model B1

Interaction with a colliding-wind shell: distant planar sheet: Model B2a

Interaction with a colliding-wind shell: nearby planar sheet: Model B2b

Interaction with a colliding-wind shell: oppositely oriented bow shock: Model B3

Interaction with bipolar lobes: Model C

Gravitational waves
The formalism of gravitational-wave equations in the standard linear approximation of a weak field, accompanied by explanatory remarks, is available here: Gravitational waves

Teaching
Textbook for Computing Practice 1 and 2, including a collection of examples, is available at: Elportál (An extended Czech version for enthusiasts is available here: PP, an extended English version of the textbook is available here: Computing Practice)

Textbook for Basic Mathematical Methods in Physics 3 is available at: Elportál

For further practice, see the webpage of Marek Chrastina
Solved example 9.5.f: Taylor expansion
Solution of the bonus example from the distance examinations, spring semester 2020: Bonus example
Example of evaluating an integral of a trigonometric expression using the so-called universal substitution: Example_1.115
Solution of Example 6.12: Example_6.12

Links to older courses are available here: Autumn 2014 - Autumn 2025

Selected chapters from astrophysics: Astronomical transients - fall semester 2022: FB270

Observations of transients in the electromagnetic spectrum: Observations recording

Cataclysmic variables (CVs) and classical novae (CNs): Novae recording

Supernovae (SNe): observed diversity, regular types, and peculiarities: Supernovae_ZOO recording

Supernovae: physical properties and progenitor types: SNe_physics recording

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs): properties and afterglows: GRB_properties recording

GRB progenitors: collapsars, kilonovae, and supernovae: GRB_progenitors recording

Tidal disruption events (TDEs): properties and models: TDEs recording

Gravitational waves (GWs): sources, binary mergers, and common envelopes (CEs): GWs recording

Computing practice 1 - fall semester 2025: F1422

Rules for the final grading: Assessment Rules

Computing practice 2 - spring semester 2026: F2423

Rules for the final grading: Assessment Rules

Basic mathematical methods in physics 3 - fall semester 2025: F3423

Recorded lectures for Computing Practice 1:

Videos from the fall semester 2020: Autumn 2020 lectures

Recorded lectures for Computing practice 2:

Videos from the spring semester 2021: Spring 2021 lectures

Additional recorded lectures for Computing Practice 2:

Taylor expansion and basics of complex analysis: Taylor Expansion

Basics of complex analysis, continued, and Fourier series: Fourier Series

Basics of tensor calculus: Tensors

Covariant and contravariant transformations: Tensors II

Summary of semester topics: Summary

Hydrodynamics
Selected topics from the theory of fluid and radiation hydrodynamics are available here in English. The text is currently in preparation: Hydrodynamics

Supervisor
Undergraduate students: Thesis Supervisor or Consultant
PhD students: Supervisor or Consultant
Opponent reviews: Opponent