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)