Introduction to Astrophysics
- 3 ECTS - 30 h - Lectures (15h), tutorial class (15h)
- Experimental project : yes
- Description: Stellar physics, galactic physics, cosmology. Objects of astrophysics : stars, galaxies, Universe. Observations : coordinates, distance measurements, photometry, spectroscopy. Stars : diameter, distances, masses, luminosity, temperature, spectrum, H-R diagram. Internal structure : fundamental equations, nuclear energy, neutron star, nucleosynthesis, star evolution. Interstellar medium. Milky Way. Galaxies : typology, distance. Large scale structure of the Universe. Cosmology.
- Teachers :
- Cyrille Rosset
- Benoît Mosser
- Pierre Lesaffre
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