FIX University

Part II Topics in Astrophysics

Michaelmas Term, 24 Lectures – Prof. A C Fabian and Prof. G F Gilmore

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.