NPTEL : Astrophysics and Cosmology (Physics)

Co-ordinators : Prof. S. Bharadwaj


Lecture 1 - Introduction

Lecture 2 - Keplers Law

Lecture 3 - The Solar System

Lecture 4 - The Solar System (Continued...)

Lecture 5 - Binary Systems

Lecture 6 - Binary Systems (Continued...)

Lecture 7 - Tidal Forces and the Earth Moon System

Lecture 8 - Fluid Mechanics

Lecture 9 - Hydrostatics and the Solar Wind

Lecture 10 - Radiative Transfer

Lecture 11 - Radiative Transfer (Continued...)

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 (Continued...)

Lecture 28 - The Expanding Universe and the Cosmological Metric

Lecture 29 - The Cosmological Space - Time

Lecture 30 - Distances

Lecture 31 - Distances (Continued...)

Lecture 32 - Distances and the Hubble Parameter

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

Lecture 34 - CMBR and Thermal History

Lecture 35 - CMBR and Thermal History (Continued...1)

Lecture 36 - CMBR and Thermal History (Continued...2)

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 (Continued...)