Code: AE0M02ASF Astrophysics
Lecturer: Ing. Martin Žáček Ph.D. Weekly load: 2+2C Completion: GA
Department: 13102 Credits: 4 Semester: S
Description:
Astrophysics follows up freely the standard lectures from physics. In relatively attractive area then student recapitulates the knowledge of some parts of the physics (mechanics, optics, relativity, quantum mechanics, radiation, differential and integral calculations).
Contents:
1. The star evolution. Hyashi line. HR diagram.
2. Final evolutionary stages. White dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes.
3. Spectral analysis. Doppler shift and others.
4. Variable stars. Cepheids. Novae and supernovae stars.
5. Solar system. Cosmic investigations. Kepler and Newtonian laws.
6. Inner and outer planets.
7. Nebulae, star clusters, Galaxy, galaxies.
8. Astronomical coordinates, measuring time and space.
9. Basics of optics. Fermat law, aberration.
10. Optic devices, telescopes, mirror construction technologies.
11. Cosmology. The Universe evolution. Friedman models. Relict radiation.
12. The origin of the Universe. Nucleosynthesis. Microwave background radiation.
13. The inflationary Universe. Theory of the interactions.
14. Structure of the Universe.
Recommended literature:
1. Astrophysics for Physicists, by Arnab Rai Choudhuri, Cambridge University Press, 2012

2. An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics (2nd Edition) 2nd Edition by Bradley W. Carroll , Dale A. Ostlie, Cambridge University Press 2017
Keywords:
astrophysics, stellar physics, cosmology, general relativity, numerical simulations

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