Area: | Department of Applied Physics |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 2.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | Celestial mechanics duration - two body systems, three body systems, applications to the solar system, N-body systems, general perturbations, gravitational encounters, sphere of influence, applications to globular clusters and galaxies. Supernovae and gravitational lensing - 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 gain an understanding some important topics in modern astrophysics, in particular celestial mechanics, few and many-particle astrophysics, galaxies and cosmology. They will be able to appreciate the observations associates with these topics, explain and describe the terms used in this field, and understand, in detail, 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 text. |
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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 2 | 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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