? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 9  ? Acronym : PHY-3-AstroLab

Spectroscopy and photometry; astronomical exercises on redshifts, astrometry, and photometry.

? Pre-requisites : Physics 2B: Waves, Quantum Physics and Materials (PHY-2-B); Foundations of Mathematical Physics (PHY-2-FoMP) or Principles of Mathematical Physics (PHY-2-PoMP).

? Prohibited combinations : Experimental Physics (PHY-3-Lab20); Experimental Physics (CP10) (PHY-3-Lab10); Experimental Musical Acoustics A (PHY-3-MusAcLab).

? This course has variants for part year visiting students, as follows

• Astrophysics Laboratory (VS1) (Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2))

Home subject area

Undergraduate (School of Physics), (School of Physics, Schedule Q)

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 6 hour(s) per week for 8 weeks

? Additional Class Information : Semester 1 or 2. Semester 1: M, Th 1400. Semester 2: Tu, Th 1400.

Upon successful completion of this course it is intended that a student will be able to:
1)understand how a spectrograph, light dispersing elements, and light detectors work
2)understand how to calibrate a spectrograph, and how to measure spectra of light sources
3)understand the data manipulation tasks of astronomers making observations
4)understand the meaning of random and systematic errors in experimental measurements and how to minimise their effects
5)combine errors in individual measurements to give an estimate in the error in a derived value
6)write up experimental work as a scientific report

Report on experiments and exercises, 100%

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Linda Grieve
Tel : (0131 6)50 5254
Email : linda.grieve@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Mike Hawkins
Email : mrsh@roe.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.scieng.ed.ac.uk/