This introductory course will develop basic concepts in astrophysics as applied to the understanding of the physics of planets, stars, galaxies, and the Universe.

The course examines various topics in astrophysics with an emphasis on physical processes occurring in an expanding Universe, from a time about 1 microsecond after the Big Bang, to the formation of galaxies and supermassive black holes within the next billion years.

This course examines the astrophysical background to the study of Life in the Universe. What is Life, and what are the most basic requirements for Life to exist in the Universe? What environments are conducive to Life, and how do these come about? Can we imagine Universes without Life.

Implementation of experiments in observational cosmology. Planning, design, realisation, evaluation, and interpretation of the experiments.

Electricity and magnetism, electrostatic forces, fields and potentials, currents and circuits, magnetic fields, induction, Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves, electric and magnetic fields in materials.

Introductory course on quantum mechanics and atomic physics. Topics include: Schrödinger equation, one dimensional problems, particle in a box, potential well, tunneling, harmonic oscillator, fermions, bosons, matter waves, hydrogen atom, spin, magnetic moment, periodic table of elements, Zeeman/Stark effects, basics of chemical bonds, simple molecules, basics of quantum information processing.

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