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| Course name | Astrophysics II |
| Course ID | 13.7-WF-FizD-Ast II-S19 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Physics and Astronomy |
| Field of study | Physics |
| Education profile | academic |
| Level of studies | Second-cycle studies leading to MS degree |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2019/2020 |
| Semester | 2 |
| ECTS credits to win | 6 |
| Available in specialities | Astrofizyka komputerowa |
| Course type | obligatory |
| Teaching language | english |
| Author of syllabus |
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| The class form | Hours per semester (full-time) | Hours per week (full-time) | Hours per semester (part-time) | Hours per week (part-time) | Form of assignment |
| Lecture | 30 | 2 | - | - | Exam |
| Class | 30 | 2 | - | - | Credit with grade |
An extension of the knowledge about stellar astrophysics, stellar evolution and binary stars evolution, and the final stages of the stellar evolution.
Basic knowledge in the field of astrophysics, namely the structure and evolution of stars. Basic knowledge of celestial mechanics.
- Final stages of stellar evolution.
- The basics of degenerated matter physics.
- Basic ideas of the General Relativity theory.
- White dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes.
- Binary and multiple stars.
- Roche surfaces and Lagrange points.
- The types of binary systems: detached, semi-detached and contact.
- The evolution of close binary systems. Cataclysmic variables and X-ray binaries. \
- Astrophysics of the star clusters.
- Interstellar medium
Classic lecture. Computational exercises during class plus a project method – an extended study of a selected topic from the lecture area of interest.
| Outcome description | Outcome symbols | Methods of verification | The class form |
Final grade: weighted average of the exam grade (70%) and the class grade (30%).
Lecture: Oral exam passing condition – positive grade.
Class: written test – solving computational exercises (passing condition – positive grade), and a positive grade from the written research report.
[1] F. Shu, Galaktyki, gwiazdy, życie, Prószyński i S_ka, 2003.
[2] M. Kubiak, Gwiazdy i materia międzygwiazdowa, PWN, 1994.
[1] J. Mullaney, Double & Multiple Stars, and how to observe them, Springer 2005.
[2] R. Kippenhann, A. Weigert, Stellar structure and evolution, Springer 1996.
[1] J. Mullaney, Double & Multiple Stars, and how to observe them, Springer 2005.
[2] R. Kippenhann, A. Weigert, Stellar structure and evolution, Springer 1996.
Modified by dr hab. Piotr Lubiński, prof. UZ (last modification: 05-03-2020 18:10)
