PřF:F9090 Astrophysics - Course Information
F9090 Astrophysics
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2000
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. RNDr. Vladimír Štefl, CSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. RNDr. Aleš Lacina, CSc.
Department of Plasma Physics and Technology – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Vladimír Štefl, CSc. - Prerequisites
- Knowledges on the level of basic course of general and theoretical physics
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Physics (programme PřF, M-SS)
- Course objectives
- Stars. The third Kepler's law. Spectral classification. The Hetzsprung-Russell diagram. Magnetic fields of stars. Determination of distances in astronomy. Physics of stellar interiors. Origin, evolution, and final stadii of stars. Stellar evolution in close binaries. Galaxies. Quasars. Stellar populations and their characteristics. Interstellar matter and its absorption properties. Structure of the Universe. Red shift. Hubble's Law. The Cosmological Principle. Models of the Universe. Determinations of the Hubble Constant, decceleration parameter and average density of the Universe. The relict radiation. The Sun and the solar system. The terrestrial planets. Cosmogony of the solar system.
- Literature
- ŠTEFL, Vladimír. Vybrané kapitoly z astrofyziky. Vyd. 1. Brno: Rektorát UJEP, 1985, 81 s. info
- VANÝSEK, Vladimír. Základy astronomie a astrofyziky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1980, 541 s. URL info
- ŠIROKÝ, Jaromír and Miroslava ŠIROKÁ. Základy astronomie v příkladech. Vyd. 2. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1973, 158 s. info
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2000, recent)
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