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Astrophysics and Cosmology

Astrophysics and Cosmology. Instructor: Prof. Somnath Bharadwaj, Department of Physics and Meteorology, IIT Kharagpur. The course covers lessons in Kepler's Law, The Solar System, Binary Systems, Tidal Forces and the Earth Moon System, Fluid Mechanics, Thermal Radiation, Virial Theorem and its Application to Stars, Stellar Physics, White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, Galaxies, The Expanding Universe, Distances and the Hubble Parameter, CMBR and Thermal History, and Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. (from nptel.ac.in)

Lecture 24 - Galaxies and the Expanding Universe

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Lecture 01 - Introduction

Lecture 02 - Kepler's Law

Lecture 03 - The Solar System

Lecture 04 - The Solar System (cont.)

Lecture 05 - Binary Systems

Lecture 06 - Binary Systems (cont.)

Lecture 07 - Tidal Forces and the Earth Moon System

Lecture 08 - Fluid Mechanics

Lecture 09 - Hydrostatics and the Solar Wind

Lecture 10 - Radiative Transfer

Lecture 11 - Radiative Transfer (cont.)

Lecture 12 - Thermal Radiation

Lecture 13 - Thermal Radiation and the Sun

Lecture 14 - Virial Theorem and its Application to Stars

Lecture 15 - Stars: Magnitudes and the H-R Diagram

Lecture 16 - Stellar Physics I

Lecture 17 - Stellar Physics II

Lecture 18 - Stellar Physics III

Lecture 19 - Stellar Physics IV

Lecture 20 - Stellar Physics V

Lecture 21 - White Dwarfs

Lecture 22 - White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars

Lecture 23 - Galaxies

Lecture 24 - Galaxies and the Expanding Universe

Lecture 25 - The Expanding Universe

Lecture 26 - Dynamics of the Expanding Universe

Lecture 27 - Dynamics of the Expanding Universe (cont.)

Lecture 28 - The Expanding Universe and the Cosmological Metric

Lecture 29 - The Cosmological Space-Time

Lecture 30 - Distances: Proper Distance, Angular Diameter Distance, Luminosity Distance

Lecture 31 - Distances: Luminosity Distance (cont.)

Lecture 32 - Distances and the Hubble Parameter

Lecture 33 - Distances, the Hubble Parameter and Dark Energy (cont.)

Lecture 34 - CMBR and Thermal History

Lecture 35 - CMBR and Thermal History (cont.)

Lecture 36 - CMBR and Thermal History (cont.)

Lecture 37 - Thermal History, Expansion Rate and Neutrino Mass

Lecture 38 - Thermal History: Neutrino Mass, Nucleosynthesis

Lecture 39 - Big Bang Nucleosynthesis

Lecture 40 - Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (cont.)