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module web pages
Click on the module number to access the web page for the module.
Note: I no longer teach modules in red:
these module pages still exist but are not being updated.
| PHY111 |
Our Evolving Universe |
Non-mathematical introduction to astronomy:
- how astronomers determine stellar properties;
- the lives and deaths of stars;
- galaxies and cosmology;
- planets and life.
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| PHY306 |
Introduction to Cosmology
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The structure, history and fate of our universe:
- historical instroduction;
- the Robertson-Walker metric and Friedman-Lemaître models;
- observational cosmology from Friedman to Freedman;
- case studies in modern cosmology: H0, Λ, structure formation,
the CMB.
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| PHY327 |
History of Astronomy |
An introduction to the history of astronomy:
- astronomy as a science;
- theory and practice of planetary astronomy from antiquity to Newton;
- the development of modern astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology.
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| PHY340/350 |
Professional Skills
(Course on MOLE) |
Professional skills for physicists and astronomers:
- effective group-working;
- retrieving information from the research literature;
- data analysis and presentation using Python.
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| PHY418 |
Particle Astrophysics |
High energy particle astrophysics:
- an overview of the field of particle astrophysics;
- cosmic rays, non-thermal radio emission, X-ray and γ-ray astronomy, astrophysical neutrinos;
- mechanisms for accelerating particles in astrophysical objects;
- case studies of astrophysical accelerators: supernova remnants, γ-ray bursts and active galaxies.
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graduate teaching
I also teach the following short courses as part of the Particle Physics and Particle
Astrophysics group Research Training Programme:
- Neutrino Physics
- Neutrinos beyond the Standard Model: the neutrino mass and mixing matrices,
neutrino oscillations. Experimental status of neutrino mass measurements.
Experimental status of neutrino oscillation measurements.
- Particle Astrophysics
- A much shorter version of PHY418, also including a lecture on dark matter.
- Multiwavelength Astronomy
- Short course given at the PPARC International Summer School in 2006 and 2007.
talks for schools and the public
Please see my Outreach page for a list of the talks I
give to schools, astronomical societies, etc.
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Hicks Building, Hounsfield Road, Sheffield S3 7RH, UK
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