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 ===== - Rationale =====
-The course gives an overall introduction to astrophysics using the physics and astronomy of stars. Stars are the most ancient objects of study in astronomy and they can be used to understand most of the basics of astrophysics. An astronomer who knows her stars well will be able to learn his galaxies and cosmology well as well.
+The course gives an overall introduction to astrophysics using the physics of stars and radiation. First half of the course deals with the structure and evolution of stars, and the second half with different types of astrophysical radiation.
 ===== - Content =====
 ^ # ^ Chapter ^ Week ^
-| 1 | [[.:ast301:1|Stars in equilibrium]] | 2 |
+| 1 | [[.:ast301:1|Stars in equilibrium]] | 1-5 |
-| 2 | [[.:ast301:2|States of stellar matter]] | 3 |
+| 2 | [[.:ast301:2|States of stellar matter]] | 5,6 |
-| 3 | [[.:ast301:3|Stellar structure]] | 4 |
+| 3 | [[.:ast301:3|Structure of a star]] | 6,7 |
-| 4 | [[.:ast301:4|Birth and evolution of stars]] | 5 |
+| 4 | [[.:ast301:4|Evolution of a star]] | 7,8 |
-| 5 | [[.:ast301:5|Compact stars]] | 6 |
+| 5 | [[.:ast301:5|Bremsstrahlung radiation]] | 9 |
-| 6 | [[.:ast301:6|Bremsstrahlung radiation]] | 8 |
+| 6 | [[.:ast301:6|Blackbody radiation]] | 10 |
-| 7 | [[.:ast301:7|Blackbody radiation]] | 9 |
+| 7 | [[.:ast301:7|Synchrotron radiation]] | 11 |
-| 8 | [[.:ast301:8|Synchrotron radiation]] | 10 |
+| 8 | [[.:ast301:8|Hydrogen spin-flip radiation]] | 12 |
-| 9 | [[.:ast301:9|Hydrogen spin-flip radiation]] | 11 |
-| 10 | [[.:ast301:10|Gravitational lensing]] | 12 |
+===== - Assessment =====
+| Attendance | 10 |
+| Punctuality | 10 |
+| Quizzes | 15 |
+| Midterm viva | 20 |
+| Final project | 15 |
+| Final viva | 30 |
+===== - Textbooks =====
+  - Hale Bradt, //Astrophysics Processes//, Cambridge UP, 2008.
+  - Carroll & Ostlie, //An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics//, Cambridge UP, 2017.