Pune IUCAA

Can you provide me the syllabus of M.Sc. (Physics) offered by IUCAA or Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, India? Provide me the contact detail of IUCAA or Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune as well?

[pawan]

The syllabus of M.Sc. (Physics) offered by IUCAA or Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, India is as follows:

Astronomy and Astrophysics, Special Paper I

Module I: Solar System and Stars

1. The solar system

Celestial mechanics
Elliptical orbits
Kepler's laws
Virial theorem

Earth-moon system
Tidal forces
Precession of earth's axis
Interiors
Atmospheres

Planets
Terrestrial planets
Jovian planets

2. Observational tools

Blackbody radiation
Specific intensity and flux density
Stellar parallax
Magnitudes
Colour index
Basic optics and optical telescopes
Radio telescopes
Infrared, ultraviolet and
X-ray telescopes
Coordinates and time

3. Sta

Classification
Formation of spectral lines
Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
Atmosphere
Description of the radiation field
Opacities
Radiative transfer
Structure of spectral lines

4. Sun

Interior
Atmosphere
Solar activity
Helioseismology

M.Sc. (Physics) Syllabus








Contact Detail:
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Pune University Campus, Ganeshkhind, Pune, Maharashtra 411007
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