ASTRON 1121 - GALAXIES AND COSMOLOGY

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Topics covered include: the milky way galaxy and its properties; external galaxies and their properties; evolution of galaxies; the expansion of the universe (Hubble Law) and the Extragalactic Distance Scale; Clustering of Galaxies; Dark Matter; Active Galaxies and Quasars (models with supermassive black holes); General Relativity, Cosmology, and the Big Bang Model; the Age and fate of the Universe; the History of the Early Universe (Inflation, Nucleosynthesis of Light Elements, 3 degree background radiation; the IgM and Galaxy Formation.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ASTRON 0113 and MATH 0240 and (MATH 1270 or 0290 or 0250); CREQ: PHYS 0477 or 0479

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