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Part II Topics in Astrophysics

PLEASE REFER TO SPECIAL TIMETABLE COVERING THIS COURSE

• Stars and Stellar Evolution

• Compact Objects (WD, NS, BH) I & II

• Supernovae, pulsars, gravitational waves I & II

• Accretion

• X-ray binaries

• Active Galactic Nuclei I & II

• Things with jets & gamma-ray bursts

• Gravitational lensing

• Clusters of galaxies

• How science works/Basics/Dimensional reasoning

• Radiation mechanisms, and particle messengers

• Dark Matter

• Distances, Dark Energy, and why they matter

• Galaxies and their evolution

• Formation and evolution of the chemical elements

• Our solar system, and others

Books

† Carroll, B.W. & Ostlie, D.A. An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics (Addison-Wesley) 1996.