IB Physics Option D Astrophysics
OSC Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-910689-04-2 (ISBN)
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This Guide supports study and revision for IBDP Physics Paper 3, for SL and HL students planning to answer questions on Option D: Astrophysics. It provides summaries and explanations of key points and concepts for all SL and HL topics, and advice on approaching different question types. Coverage includes: stellar quantities; stellar characteristics and evolution; stellar processes; cosmology; and stellar processes. Key features: over 50 practice questions, with answers and commentary; worked examples to demonstrate how to solve exam-style questions; exercises to help improve graphing skills; clearly presented graphs and diagrams; and a list of common exam mistakes.
D1 Stellar Quantities
1.1Objects in the universe
1.2The nature of stars
1.3Astronomical distances
1.4Stellar Parallax
1.5Stellar radiation and stellar types
D2 Stellar characteristics and evolution
2.1 Stellar Spectra
2.2 Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
2.3 Mass-luminosity relation
2.4 Cepheid variables
2.5 Stellar evolution on the HR diagram
2.6 Types of stars
2.7 The role of mass in evolution
D3 Cosmology
3.1 The Big Bang model
3.2 Cosmic microwave radiation
3.3 Hubble's law
3.4 The accelerating universe and redshift
3.5 The Cosmic Scale factor
D4 Stellar processes
4.1 The Jeans criterion
4.2 Nuclear fusion
4.3 Nucleosynthesis off the MS
4.4 The s and r processes for neutron capture
4.5 Type la II supernovae
High level extension
D5 Further Cosmology
5.1 The cosmological principle
5.2 Rotation curves of galaxies
5.3 Dark matter
5.4 Fluctuations in the CMB radiation
5.5 The cosmological redshift
5.6 Critical density
5.7 Dark energy
D6 Common mistakes
D7 Core questions
D8 Higher level extension questions
D9 Answers
| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.09.2015 |
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| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 210 x 297 mm |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik |
| ISBN-10 | 1-910689-04-1 / 1910689041 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-910689-04-2 / 9781910689042 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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