(ASTR2001, ASTR2002)
Group B
Second Semester
24 lectures and 20 tutorials
These units will be taught in the same lectures. They will be assessed independently. Students doing ASTR2002 will be expected to do extra work.
Prerequisite: MATH2305 or MATH2405 and PHYS1001 or ENG1019.
Syllabus: Gravitational potential theory. Galactic dynamics. Elementary statistical mechanics of gases. The Maxwell Boltzman distribution. The pressure of non degenerate and degenerate gases. Relativistic effects. Polytropic models for stars. Structure of white dwarfs. Newtonian cosmology. Curved spaces. Redshift.