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| Course name | Astrophysics I |
| Course ID | 13.7-WF-FizD-Ast-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 2020/2021 |
| Semester | 1 |
| 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 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 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.
- The strucrure of stars. Basic laws governing the stellar structure.
- Stellar atmospheres.
- The origin of stellar spectra.
- The influence of physical properties of a star on the shape of spectral lines.
- Evolution of stars of various masses.
- Interstellar clouds, proto-stars, circumstellar disks.
- Properities of main sequence stars of various mass and chemical composition.
- Post-main sequence evolution – giants and supergiants.
- Horizontal branch and asymptotic branch.
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 |
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.
Final grade: a weighted average of the exam grade (70%) and the class grade (30%).
[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.
Modified by dr hab. Piotr Lubiński, prof. UZ (last modification: 09-06-2020 17:02)
