Unit name | High Energy Astrophysics 301 |
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Unit code | PHYS34012 |
Credit points | 10 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Professor. Nick Brook |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
The award of 120 credit points of physics units at level I comprising programme in Physics, Physics with Astrophysics, a joint honours programme in Mathematics and Physics or Physics and Philosophy. |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Physics |
Faculty | Faculty of Science |
This unit provides an introduction in an analytic and quantitative way to the relationship between energetic particles and photons which reach the Earth and energetic phenomena in distant astronomical objects. This unit is normally a pre-requisite for Level M PHYSM2200 Current topics in Astrophysics 422.