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Course Name	Turkish	Astrofizik II
	English	Astrophysics II
Course Code	FIZ 466E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	1	7	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Kazım Yavuz Ekşi
Course Objectives		1. To gain an understanding of the physical properties of compact objects, and how they astrophysically manifest themselves. 2. To learn the properties of galaxies, to understand why it is conjectured that most of the universe is made of dark matter, to know the hierarchy of the large scale structure of the universe. 3. To learn the basic concepts of the dynamics of the universe.
Course Description		Physics of compact objects: structure of white dwarfs, properties of neutron stars, radio pulsars, black holes. Astrophysics of compact objects: accretion disks in binary systems and active galaxies, X-ray pulsars, radio pulsars Galaxies and structure in the Universe: Galaxies, local group and clusters of galaxies, superclusters of galaxies, large scale structure, dark matter. Cosmology: Olbers paradox, cosmological principle, Hubble’s law, Friedman equations, big bang, cosmic microwave background radiation.
Course Outcomes		1. An acquaintance with the elements of the Universe other than stars and planets. 2. An acquaintance with different and dense states of matter and related equations of state 3. Facing the question of how the observed hierarchy of structures in the universe formed out of a homogeneous Universe 4. Basic concepts of cosmology
Pre-requisite(s)		FIZ 463E
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Textbook		AN INTRODUCTION TO MODERN ASTROPHYSICS-CARROLL & OSTLIE, SECOND EDITION-PEARSON
Other References		GALAXIES IN THE UNIVERSE-SPARKE & GALLAGHER, CAMBRIDGE (2007) EXTRAGALACTIC ASTRONOMY AND COSMOLOGY, SCHNEIDER, (2006) PHYSICS OF STARS-PHILLIPS LECTURE NOTES LINKS FROM THE WEBSITE

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