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ASTR563 — Fall 2024

ASTR563: Astroparticle Physics

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Offering:
Fall, Spring CR: 3.0


Prerequisites:
Graduate status or PHYS 342 or PHYS 344
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Description:
(ASTR/PHYS 563) An overview of a bustling research frontier in modern physics that lies at the interface of particle physics and astrophysics. Emphasis is on current topics that are particularly relevant to both fields, including cosmology, dark matter, cosmic ray physics, high-energy gamma ray astrophysics, neutrino astrophysics, and gravitational wave physics.


Instructor(s):
PETERSON, JOHN


Email:
peters11@purdue.edu


Textbook(s) for Fall 2024

Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher Req/Opt Notes
Particle Astrophysics, Second Edition D.H. Perkins 9780199545452 Oxford University Press Required

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