Paris Physics Master

ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY

This course offers an introduction to astrophysics and cosmology. The main observational methods for detecting the stars and other astrophysical systems and for measuring their physical properties are presented. The emphasis is then put on the physical interpretation of these observations by taking advantage of the different fields of physics studied up to master 1.

The course is organized in 6 chapters:

• Observational tools and astronomical observation windows
• Stars
• Planetary Systems
• Interstellar Medium
• Galaxies
• Cosmology

The astrophysics and cosmology course is given by Irina Dvorkin and Andrii Neronov.