PřF:F9090 Astrophysics - Course Information
F9090 Astrophysics
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2006
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/1/0. 1 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. RNDr. Vladimír Štefl, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Vladimír Štefl, CSc. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- doc. RNDr. Aleš Lacina, CSc.
Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Vladimír Štefl, CSc. - Timetable
- Mon 15:00–15:50 Fs1 6/1017, Mon 17:00–18:50 F4,03017
- 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 (in Czech)
- Předmět je určen studentům učitelství fyziky. Na vybraných příkladech je provedeno seznámení s astrofyzikou i s jejími výzkumnými metodami. Cílem je vytvoření u studentů uceleného soudobého astrofyzikálního obrazu vesmíru.
- Syllabus
- 1.Determination of distances in astronomy. 2.Basic parameters of stars. The third Kepler's law. Spectral classification. 3.The Hetzsprung-Russell diagram. 4.Physics of stellar interiors. 5.Origin, evolution, and final stadii of stars. 6.Stellar evolution in close binaries. 7.Galaxy. Stellar populations and their characteristics. 8.Galaxies. Quasars. 9.Structure of the Universe. Red shift. Hubble's Law. 10.The Cosmological Principle. Models of the Universe. Determinations of the Hubble Constant, decceleration parameter and average density of the Universe. The relict radiation. 11.The Sun and the solar system. The terrestrial planets. Cosmogony of the solar system.
- Literature
- VANÝSEK, Vladimír. Základy astronomie a astrofyziky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1980, 541 s. URL info
- ŠTEFL, Vladimír. Vybrané kapitoly z astrofyziky. Vyd. 1. Brno: Rektorát UJEP, 1985, 81 s. info
- ŠTEFL, Vladimír and Jiří KRTIČKA. Úlohy z astrofyziky (Exercises of Astrophysics). I. Brno: MU, 2000, 76 pp. ISBN 80-210-2364-3. info
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2006, recent)
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