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Course Number 0321-4008-01
Course Name Double Stars and Planets
Academic Unit The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences -
Physics
Lecturer Prof. Tsevi MazehContact
Contact Email: mazeh@tauex.tau.ac.il
Office HoursBy appointment
Mode of Instruction Lecture
Credit Hours 3
Semester 2021/1
Day Mon
Hours 13:00-15:00
Building Kaplun - Physics
Room 118
Semester 2021/1
Day Wed
Hours 13:00-14:00
Building Kaplun - Physics
Room 118
Semester 2021/1
Day
Hours
Building
Room
Course is taught in English
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Short Course Description

Binaries and exoplanets

Binaries

The population of binaries and the way they are discovered
The orbit of a binary star
Tidal processes in binaries and their impact on the binary orbit

Exo-Planets

Discovery of planets by radial velocity
Discovery of planets by transits
The Kepler space mission
The TESS space mission
Population of exo-planets: observations vs. theory




Full syllabus is to be published
Course Requirements

Homework

Students may be required to submit additional assignments
Full requirements as stated in full syllabus

The specific prerequisites of the course,
according to the study program, appears on the program page of the handbook



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