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Galaxies and Large Scale Structure

Offering:

Fall, Spring CR 3.0

Prerequisites:

Graduate status or PHYS 342 or PHYS 344

Description:

(PHYS 561) Covers basic observed properties and models of galactic structure, dynamics of stars, physics of interstellar medium, formation of galaxies, properties of clusters of galaxies, and dark matter.

Textbook(s) for Fall 2012

Textbooks for Fall 2012
Course Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
ASTR561 REQUIRED: Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology: An Introduction   Peter Schneider  1 Ed. (November 14, 2006)  3540331743  Springer Science & Business Media LLC 
ASTR561 REQUIRED: Galactic Dynamics   James Binney and Scott Tremaine  2nd; January 7, 2008  0691130272  Benjamin Cummings