physics and astronomy lecture notes

These extra Lecture Notes are mainly for supplementary Physics and Astrophysics material for the University of London Physics BSc / MSci / MSc degrees as offered in previous years (2000-2011).  They may also be useful as extra background material for related degrees in Physics, Astrophysics and Physical Sciences (up to Masters Degree standard or comparable) at other institutions elsewhere.  Some of the Lecture Notes may be incomplete or unavailable.  Extra resources and course material have also been included - see the links to the Degree Modules.   These Lecture Notes and other resources will no longer be updated after 2012.   For later degree course offerings, see the institutional Websites.  Most of the files are in PDF format, with some MS Word.DOC and PowerPoint.PPT files.  (Large files may take longer to download on a slow connection).

 Please note: This Website is NOT an official course site.  These supplementary Lecture Notes and other course related material are for reference purposes only.

[ Main Lecture Notes index | Part 1 | Part 2a | Part 3 | PART 10 X | PART 11a | PART 15 | PART 30a | MSci Degree Outlines -  Final update 2012 ]

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 ASTM112 Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (QMUL) : redone as PDF

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 ASTM109 Stellar Structure and Evolution (QMUL notes - redone as PDFs) : some are large files

  ( PDFs redone from Part 26 of the Degree Modules )

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 Extra suppl. general Physics notes (University of Texas) :

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 Advanced q-Condensed Matter Physics (UCLA) :

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 1B28 Thermal Physics slide 22 / 30 only (UCL) : 

 ( See also Part 25, Part 27 and Part 30a of the Degree Modules for all 30 slides, and Part 28a for extra supplementary Statistical and Thermal Physics notes useful for 1B28 Thermal Physics. 

See also the TKP lecture notes on Part 6.)

 2B28 Statistical Thermodynamics - summary of important equations

 3C25 corrections to Solid State Physics Lecture slides

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Additional Links to the MSci Physics Lecture Notes and Degree Modules:

Part 6 : More CMP, 3C25 Solid State Physics (UCL), TKP Thermal and Kinetic Physics (QMUL), Physical Dynamics, Electro-Optics notes, Statistical Mechanics, QMS Quantum Mechanics and Symmetry (QMUL), Mechanics, etc.

Part 7 : More RG and Cosmology notes (QMUL), MAS347 Mathematical Aspects of Cosmology cont. (QMUL), Cosmology Pt II of 3 Structure Formation (Cambridge), Stellar Structure and Evolution cont. (University of Colorado), 4C15 High Energy Astrophysics cont. (UCL), misc. Tables of Physical Constants and Quantities, Hydrodynamics notes (LRA), extra Quantum Mechanics notes, and MSci Degree info, etc.

Part 8 : C1 Advanced Stellar Evolution, HEA slides cont. (Oxford), Massive Stars, Origin of Binaries paper, extra Astrophysics notes, etc.

PART 9 : MTH6132 Introductory Relativity (QMUL), GR short notes, Relativistic Quantum Fields 1 (University of Sussex), Dynamical Systems (advanced notes), extra Atomic Physics notes, Quantum Mechanics w/ Hydrogen Atom derivation, High Energy Astrophysics - Oxford slides cont, Calculus 1 & 2 lecture notes, short notes on tensors, C3 Condensed Matter Physics options cont. (Oxford), misc. papers incl Cenozoic KT event Paper, etc.

PART 13a - this Site

PART 16 : Space, Time and Gravity notes 5/10, RWQF Notes pt 2 cont. (QMUL), Calculus I incomplete, 2C1 Further Mathematical Methods (UMIST), 116C Mathematical Methods (UC Santa Clara), Mathematical Methods book (Univ. of Manchester), etc.

PART 17 : 6505 Mathematics (UCL), Statistical Mechanics (NYU), Space, Time and Gravity cont. (QMUL), MM09 Mathematical Methods and Physics short options (Oxford), 4211 Advanced Statistical Mechanics (RHUL), etc.

Part 18 : Sample astrophysics problems - ASTM108 Advanced Cosmology suppl notes and problems (QMUL), STG Space, Time and Gravity problems, etc.

Part 19 : MTH6123 Mathematical Aspects of Cosmology 2010 notes (QMUL), short notes on Tensors (Swarthmore College), Mathematical Physics (Imperial), Statistical Mechanics IV (Univ. of Heidelberg), 3C36 Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy (UCL), 3C35 Stellar Structure and Astrophysical Processes (UCL), PHY319 Quantum Mechanics A (QMUL), ME563 Intermediate Fluid Mechanics (U. Wisconsin), ASTM002 The Galaxy revision notes (QMUL), 1B02 Physics of the Universe partial notes (UCL), ASTM116 Solar Wind properties, etc. [Degree Outlines].

PART 20 : 3C34 Physics and Evolution of Stars (UCL), Heat and (Introductory) Thermodynamics (U.Vic), Quantum Physics (QMUL), Relativistic Waves and Quantum Fields - cont. Part 2d, etc.

PART 25 : Extra material - 1B28 Thermal Physics slides 1-12 (UCL), 316 Electromagnetism and Optics (University of Texas), 2B27 Environmental Physics redone as PDFs, Introductory Celestial Mechanics (U. Texas), ASTM112 Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (QMUL) - redone as PDFs.

PART 27 : Extra sample MSci Physics degree problems - 1B28 Thermal Physics slides 23-30/30 cont. (UCL), ASTM041 Relativistic Astrophysics (QMUL), 3C43 Lasers and Modern Optics, EM Fields, MTH6132 Relativity, 2B27 Environmental Physics, EPP Glossary, PHY215 Quantum Physics, 2B22 Quantum Physics (UCL), PHY319 Quantum Mechanics A (QMUL).

Part 27a : 4C26 Advanced Quantum Theory - cont. (UCL), Lasers and Atomic Physics (Sheffield University), Solar System Dynamics - TOC (QMUL), General Relativity (Warwick University), 3C26 Quantum Mechanics - extra problems (UCL), CP2470 Principles of Thermal Physics (KCL), etc.

PART 28 : Further MSci Physics problems - 2B21 Mathematical Methods II (UCL), ASTM003 Angular Momentum and Accretion (QMUL), Relativity and Gravitation, ASTM001 Solar System, ASTM108 Advanced Cosmology, PHY213 Space, Time and Gravity cont.(QMUL), Mathematical Aspects of Cosmology, 2B28 Statistical Thermodynamics and Condensed Matter Physics (UCL), Thermal and Kinetic Physics (QMUL), etc. Mathematical Tools for Physics (University of Miami).

PART 28a : Relativity Problems (QMUL), Electricity and Magnetism (MIT), Statistical and Thermal Physics (Clark University) suppl notes for 1B28, Solar Physics problems (UCL), Physics of Galaxies test problems, etc.

Part 29 : MSci Physics and Astrophysics problems cont. - Planetary Systems problems (QMUL), IB Mathematical Methods I full notes (Cambridge), 1B45 (1B71) Mathematical Methods I (UCL), CM2 Condensed Matter 2 - slides cont. (QMUL), MT3 Mathematical Techniques III problems, Complex Variables short summary notes (Caltech), Physical and Astronomical constants, EPP particle properties (QMUL), 275 Cosmology (UCLA), NST430 Cosmology Part II Standard Cosmological Model (Cambridge), MT1 problems (QMUL), etc.

Past Exam Papers :
PART 30 : MSci Physics and Astrophysics degree Past Exam Papers

PART 31 : Extra MSci Physics and Astrophysics Past Exam Papers and Problems - cont. 

Main Cosmology Section : 3C74 Topics in Modern Cosmology, C358 Cosmology (UCL), ASTM108 Cosmology (QMUL), C348 Mathematics for General Relativity (UCL), Intro to Tensor Calculus (KCL), ASTM041 Relativistic Astrophysics (QMUL), etc.