Physics Units 5, 6


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Syllabus 2

Syllabus 3

Syllabus 4

Nuclear instability - Radioactive decay - Half life - Beta decay

Binding energy - Spectrometer

Distance to stars - Light years and parsecs - Star brighness - Black bodies

Brief summary of spectral effects

Properties of White Dwarf, Neutron star, Black holes

Properties of White Dwarf, Neutron star, Black holes

Black holes - Doppler shift

Expanding universe - Critical density - Red shift

Quasars

Normal adjustment - Resolving power

Telescopes - CCD's

Glossary of astronomical terms

Glossary of astronomical terms

Glossary of astronomical terms

Apparent magnitude - Absolute magnitude

Relationship between m and M

HR diagram

Stars and the HR diagram

Stars and the HR diagram

Spectral classes

Spectral classes

Spectral classes 2

Spectral classes 2

Laws of light

Laws of light

Laws of light

Laws of light

Stellar evolution

Stellar evolution 2

Stellar evolution 3

Stellar evolution 3

Effects of the Earths atmosphere

Scattering of EM radiation

Refraction of EM radiation

Atmospheric windows

Optical detectors

The eye

Lens diagram

Lens diagram

Resolving power of instruments

Resolving power of instruments

Resolving power of instruments

The radio universe

Determinig the structure of the milky way

Determinig the structure of the milky way

Determinig the structure of the milky way

Optical and Radio similarities

Optical and Radio differences

CCD's

How CCD's measure charge

How CCD's measure charge

Optical telescopes

Optical telescopses

Questions

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