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PHYS 4054 - Introduction to Astrophysics
  
Course last offered 
 :   
Spring 2014/15
Instructor(s)
 :
LIU Tao
No. of credits
 :
3


Teaching Pattern
  • Duration of course: about 13 weeks
  • Lecture hour(s) per week: 3
 
Content
  • Light spectrum and telescope
  • The Sun
  • Gravitation and relativity
  • Stellar masses and evolution
  • Interstellar medium
  • Star formation
  • Galaxies
  • Clusters of galaxies
  • Active galaxies and quasars
  • Cosmology
  • Solar system
 
Remarks
  • Prerequisite: PHYS 2022 AND (MATH 2352 OR PHYS 2124)
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS