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University of California-Davis Course Info

Davis, California

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PHY 157

Astronomy Instrumentation & Data Analysis Laboratory

Registration by Permission to Add (PTA) number only; priority given to graduating PHY astrophysics emphasis seniors. Experimental techniques, data acquisition and analysis involving laboratory astrophysics plus stellar, nebular and galaxy digital imaging, photometry and/or spectroscopy. Students perform three experiments. Individual work stressed. Minimum 10-15 page journal style articles of two experiments are required.

Units: 4.0

Hours: Laboratory—8 hour(s).

Prerequisites:
PHY 115A - Foundation of Quantum Mechanics
and
PHY 110B - Electricity and Magnetism
and
PHY 110A - Electricity & Magnetism
and
PHY 105A - Analytical Mechanics
and
PHY 104A - Introductory Methods of Mathematical Physics
and
PHY 080 - Experimental Techniques