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AS5011:06
Modern Astrophysics
Semester 1 (February to May) and Semester 2 (September to December).
This subject is delivered via the Internet using Blackboard through Learn JCU. Each week the student will be given lecture material, assignment material, readings and self learning. Assessment will be on a week-by-week basis and there will be a final "open-book" examination.
The material presented by the Internet is judged to be equivalent to four hours of lectures, four hours of tutorials and four hours of workshops/seminars per week.
Available only to students enrolled in the Graduate Certificate of Astronomy, Graduate Diploma of Astronomy, Master of Astronomy and Doctor of Astronomy.
Assoc. Professor G White.
This subject is an introduction to the physics and mathematics of astronomy. It will `tour the Universe' and introduce the sciences of the various objects. The subject then introduces topics in the physical sciences and mathematics relevant to astronomy for students without a strong university background in science and mathematics (and as a revision for some students). Topics include the nature of light, astronomical and spectroscopic optics, spectroscopy, the Doppler effect, relativity, quantum mechanics, aspects of atomic physics, nuclear physics, particle physics, statistics and spherical trigonometry. We then address, in some detail, the astrophysics of the planetary systems, the stars, gas nebula, dust in the Milky Way Galaxy, other galaxies, quasars and the nature of the Universe.