Area: | Department of Applied Physics |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 2.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Other Requisite(s): | Admission: to the Physics honours program
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Syllabus: | Celestial Mechanics - two body system, three body system, applications to the solar system, N-body systems, general perturbations, gravitational encounters, sphere of influence, applications to globular clusters and galaxies. Supernovae and gravitationallensing - type I and type II SN, macro and microlensing. Astrophysics of galaxies - our galaxy, orbits of stars, the local group, spiral galaxies, elliptical galaxies. Cosmology and general relativity - Hubbles law, general relativity, Friedmann-Robertson-Walker models. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will be able to understand some important concepts in modern astrophysics, in particular celestial mechanics, few and many-particle astrophysics, galaxies and cosmology. They will have gained an in-depth understanding of one topic of astrophysical interest. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed reference. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignments 45%. Project 30%. Final Examination 25%. |
Field of Education: | 10300 Physics and Astronomy (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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