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Offer in 2024 - 2025 | Y N |
Course Code | PHYS2650 |
Date | 2024/11/12 17:09 |
Enquiry for Course Details |
PHYS2650 Modern astronomy (6 credits) | Academic Year | 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
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Offering Department | Physics | Quota | --- | ||||||||||||||||
Course Co-ordinator | Prof M Gu, Physics < menggu@hku.hk > | ||||||||||||||||||
Teachers Involved | (Prof M Gu,Physics) | ||||||||||||||||||
Course Objectives | This course takes you from the beginnings to the forefronts of contemporary astronomical research - in a journey from the Solar System to the Big Bang - with an emphasis on the most important methodologies and discoveries in astronomy. Advanced physical concepts are explained with a minimum of mathematics: you will only be required to know and manipulate simple algebra. An intermediate astronomy course for students in all disciplines and all years, it also is the second course in our series of two compulsory courses to introduce basic astronomy knowledge, methods, and recent advances for astronomy minors. This primary aim of this course is to take students to the cutting-edge of contemporary astronomy. After completing this course, interested students may take PHYS3650, PHYS3653 and/or PHYS3660, which are core or discipline elective courses for astronomy minor and astrophysics theme of physics major. | ||||||||||||||||||
Course Contents & Topics | Scale of the Solar and Exo-planetary Systems, Astrometry and Scale of the Galaxy, Scale of the Universe, Expansion and Accelerated Expansion of the Universe, Hubble Parameter, Dark Matter and Dark Energy, Cosmology, Critical Density, Cosmic Structure, Cosmic Microwave Background, Inflation, Neutrino Astrophysics | ||||||||||||||||||
Course Learning Outcomes |
On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
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Pre-requisites (and Co-requisites and Impermissible combinations) |
Pass in PHYS1650 | ||||||||||||||||||
Course Status with Related Major/Minor /Professional Core |
2024 Major in Physics (Intensive)
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Disciplinary Elective
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2024 Minor in Astronomy ( Core/Compulsory ) 2023 Major in Physics (Intensive) ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2023 Minor in Astronomy ( Core/Compulsory ) 2022 Major in Physics (Intensive) ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2022 Minor in Astronomy ( Core/Compulsory ) 2021 Major in Physics (Intensive) ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2021 Minor in Astronomy ( Core/Compulsory ) 2020 Major in Physics (Intensive) ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2020 Minor in Astronomy ( Core/Compulsory ) |
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Course to PLO Mapping |
2024 Major in Physics (Intensive) < PLO 1,2,3,4 >
2023 Major in Physics (Intensive) < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2022 Major in Physics (Intensive) < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2021 Major in Physics (Intensive) < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2020 Major in Physics (Intensive) < PLO 1,2,3,4 > |
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Offer in 2024 - 2025 | Y 2nd sem | Examination | May | ||||||||||||||||
Offer in 2025 - 2026 | Y | ||||||||||||||||||
Course Grade | A+ to F | ||||||||||||||||||
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Communication-intensive Course | N | ||||||||||||||||||
Course Type | Lecture-based course | ||||||||||||||||||
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Required/recommended reading and online materials |
Lecture notes provided by Course Coordinator B. W. Carroll & D. A. Ostlie: An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics (Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 2007, 2nd edition) E. Chaisson and S. McMillan: Astronomy Today (Pearson, 2011) |
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Course Website | http://moodle.hku.hk | ||||||||||||||||||
Additional Course Information | NIL |
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