Course Information of PHYS 1006 - Elementary Astronomy

Current / Most Recent Semester: Summer 2013/14
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Instructor(s): Chen Tian Wen
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Teaching Pattern:
  • duration of course: about 14 weeks
  • lecture hour(s) / tutorial hour(s) per week: 3 / TBA
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    No. of Credit(s): 3
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    Content:
  • Introduction to our Universe; observation in astronomy; origin of modern astronomy
  • Newton's law of motions; gravity; light, atoms and telescope
  • The Sun; stellar formation and evolution; white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes
  • The Milky way Galaxy; Normal galaxies, active galaxies and supermassive black holes
  • Foundation of modern cosmology; dark matter, dark energy and the fate of the Universe; the beginning of time
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    Remarks:
  • Exclusion(s): Level 3 or above in HKDSE 1/2x Physics OR HKDSE 1x Physics, a passing grade in AL/AS Physics, PHYS 1001, PHYS 1002, PHYS 4054
  • Common Core Course
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