Lehrinhalte
This introductory course covers many exciting astrophysics topics from stars to galaxies and the universe:
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[*]    Astronomy
[*]    Stars: observations and clasification, stellar atmospheres and interiors, the Sun, stellar evolution and dead
[*]    Interstellar medium
[*]    The Milky Way
[*]    Galaxies
[*]    The structure of the universe
[*]    Cosmology
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Literatur
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[*]Bradley W. Carroll and Dale A. Ostlie: An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, Pearson/Addison-Wesley, San Francisco, 2nd ed. 2007
[*]Dan Maoz, Astrophysics in a Nutshell (Princenton University Press, 2016)
[*]T. Padmanabhan, Three volumes on Theoretical Astrophysics (Cambridge University Press)
[*]M. Bartelmann, Theoretical Astrophysics: An Introduction (WILEY-VCH)
[*]Rudolf Kippenhahn, Alfred Weigert, Achim Weiss: Stellar Structure and Evolution, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2012
[*]André Maeder: Physics, Formation and Evolution of Rotating Stars, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2009
[*]Peter Schneider, Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2015
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Voraussetzungen
 
Basic knowledge of classical mechanics, statistical physics and quantum mechanics.

Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl
 
50

Online-Angebote
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Semester: SoSe 2026
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