Cosmology and Instellar Medium - PHYS3170
Faculty: Faculty of Science
School: School of Physics
Course Outline: http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/
Campus: Kensington Campus
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 3
EFTSL: 0.06250 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
Enrolment Requirements:
Pre-requisite: PHYS2110 or PHYS2040
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
The interstellar Medium; Radiative Transfer; local thermodynamic equilibrium, ionization and recombination; emission lines; dynamics; shock waves; HII regions; supernova remnants. The expanding universe; newtonian cosmology; the cosmological parameters; problems with the standard Big Bang; inflation, cosmic microwave background radiation.
Note: Offered in odd years only.
Note: Offered in odd years only.
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