课程简介
The Department of Astrophysical Sciences offers advanced training in astrophysics. The faculty and staff in the department conduct world-leading research in theoretical and computational astrophysics, observational astronomy, astronomical surveys and instrumentation (both hardware and software). The fascinating discoveries of modern astronomy challenge human understanding of the broadest possible range of physical phenomena. The graduate program in Astrophysical Sciences prepares students for scientific careers in astrophysics through a combination of classes and early and active participation in semester research projects, culminating in original thesis research. Prior to the general examination students are expected to take four core astrophysics courses (Stellar Structure, Stellar Dynamics, Interstellar Medium, and Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy), and a number of optional courses in astrophysics (such as High Energy Astrophysics, Computational Methods, or Plasma Astrophysics) or physics or mathematics. Courses are selected with assistance from the faculty and allow students to satisfy their own interests and assist them with preparation for the general examination. Princeton has a long tradition in observational, numerical, and theoretical cosmology with research efforts in physics, astronomy and at the IAS. Princeton faculty helped develop today's standard cosmological model (Bahcall, Cen, Dunkley, Gott, J. Ostriker, Spergel, Steinhardt, Zaldarriaga) and helped introduce important concepts such as dark matter, dark energy, and inflation. Paul Steinhardt (physics) was not only a key figure in the development of the inflationary model, but has been recently developing its most promising alternative: the ekpyrotic universe.
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