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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to one of the most active areas of research in astrophysics. It is intended for students who have taken a first course in astronomy and are interested in learning more. It also satisfies requirements of the astrophysics emphasis and astronomy minor. We focus on understanding how stars function by using physical concepts and observational results. Topics include star formation; nucleosynthesis & stellar evolution (including discussion of supernovae, white dwarfs, neutron stars, and stellar black holes); radiative transfer and energy transport; stellar atmospheres and interiors. The course will introduce concepts of statistical and quantum mechanics, and aspects of relativity, as needed to help explore the course topics. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in (PHYS 3070 OR ASTR 3070).
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to professional observational astronomy skills: instrumentation in optical astronomy, analysis of data and image processing, and observational techniques. Using real data, the student will develop the ability to plan observations and produce a final scientific result. The course will emphasize the capabilities and limitations of optical observations, and provide insight into current research. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in (PHYS 2710 AND (PHYS 4060 OR PHYS 4070 OR PHYS 4080 OR PHYS 4090 OR ASTR 4060 OR ASTR 4070 OR ASTR 4080 OR ASTR 4090)) OR Graduate status in Physics/Astronomy
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3.00 Credits
As a core astrophysics course, it will be taken by graduate students of Physics & Astronomy. Students will survey the properties of stars and star clusters (as laboratories for understanding stellar evolution). Topics include: properties of stars, including fundamental parameters, positions, distances, magnitudes & luminosities, radii, masses; nuclesythesis (i.e. energy generation); stellar evolution; stellar atmospheres spectra & spectral line analysis; interstellar reddening; colour-magnitude diagrams; properties of globular and open clusters; simple stellar populations, isochrones, age estimates, distance determinations, luminosity functions, mass functions; chemical compositions & determinations; formation and evolution of globular and open clusters; stellar populations in the context of the Milky Way. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in ((PHYS 4070 OR PHYS 4080 OR PHYS 4090 OR ASTR 4070 OR ASTR 4080 OR ASTR 4090) AND (PHYS 2710 OR PHYS 3740)) OR Graduate status in Physics/Astronomy.
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3.00 Credits
A core course intended for graduate students of Physics & Astronomy. This course explores the properties of present day galaxies and the evolution of galaxies over cosmic history based on recent results from multi-wavelength observations and simulations. Topics include Milky Way structure & populations; galaxy classification, morphology and dynamics; distance measurements; the interstellar medium; star formation and star formation rate indicators; chemical evolution; dynamical evidence for dark matter; dark matter halos; black holes and active galactic nuclei; galaxy interactions and mergers; the intergalactic medium; galaxy clusters and groups; and galaxy evolution from high-redshift observations and simulations. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in ((PHYS 4070 OR PHYS 4080 OR PHYS 4090 OR ASTR 4070 OR ASTR 4080 OR ASTR 4090) AND (PHYS 2710 OR PHYS 3740)) OR Graduate status in Physics/Astronomy.
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3.00 Credits
A core course intended for graduate students of Physics & Astronomy. The course explores the theory and observational evidence of modern cosmology. Includes brief reviews of general relativity and other background physics and mathematics required to understand cosmology. The course will talk about basic equations describing the universe, the expansion and age of the universe, dark matter and dark energy, the thermal history of the universe, the origin of the light elements, and the blackbody spectra of the cosmic microwave background. The course will also cover topics about the origin of structures in the universe, including cosmological density field, growth of density perturbation, inflation, anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background, galaxy formation, and cosmic reionization. Finally contemporary observational techniques to constrain cosmological parameters will be discussed. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in ((PHYS 4070 OR PHYS 4080 OR PHYS 4090 OR ASTR 4070 OR ASTR 4080 OR ASTR 4090) AND (PHYS 2710 OR PHYS 3740)) OR Graduate status in Physics/Astronomy.
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3.00 Credits
A core course intended for graduate students of Physics & Astronomy. This course explores high energy phenomena in a variety of astrophysical settings, including within diffuse plasmas and around compact objects. The physical processes producing radiation and particles will be introduced, and techniques for their detection in the X-ray, gamma ray, and cosmic ray regimes will be discussed. Topics include accretion disks, pulsars, non-magnetized neutron stars, binary X-ray sources, black holes, supernovae and supernova remnants, gamma ray bursts, gravitational wave sources, clusters of galaxies, and active galactic nuclei. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in ((PHYS 4070 OR PHYS 4080 OR PHYS 4090 OR ASTR 4070 OR ASTR 4080 OR ASTR 4090) AND (PHYS 2710 OR PHYS 3740)) OR Graduate status in Physics/Astronomy.
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4.00 Credits
This course builds upon tools introduced in PHYS4730: Introduction to Computing in Physics towards the development of a skillset suitable for solving a wide range of problems in contemporary scientific research. Students may write programs in modern compiled (C++, Fortran...), scripted (Python, Unix Shell, Perl'), and/or symbolic manipulation languages (Maple, Matlab, Mathematica...). Specific topics may include numerical solution of ordinary and partial differential equations, Fourier analysis, the Monte Carlo technique, and wavelet analysis. Current 'hot topics' may be presented at the survey level. Exercises will be chosen to illustrate methods applicable to active research topics. This is a required course for undergraduate students working towards the Computational Physics Emphasis. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in PHYS 4730 OR ASTR 6410 OR PHYS 6720 OR Graduate status
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1.00 Credits
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1.00 Credits
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