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MIT OpenCourseWare
Astrophysics II
- Instructor
- Prof. Mark Vogelsberger
- Term
- Fall 2023
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 9 problem sets · 1 lecture note · 22 other files · 2 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
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- 8.902 · Fall 2023 · Study here (this version)
- 8.902 · Fall 2004 · On MIT OCW ↗
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Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 8.902 Astrophysics II, Fall 2023, Prof. Mark Vogelsberger — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Course outline
Lecture Notes · Lecture Notes
8.902 Astrophysics II: Lecture 01: Key Observations of Galaxies
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Lecture 02: Structure of Galaxies
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Lecture 03: Galaxy Relaxation
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Lecture 04: Potential-Density Pairs and Orbits
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Lecture 05: Epicycles
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Lecture 06: Phase-Space Distribution Function
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Lecture 07: Stability Criteria
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Lecture 08: Stellar and Chemical Evolution
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Lecture 09: G-dwarf Problem and Active Galaxies
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Lecture 10: Cosmological Principle and Dynamics
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Lecture 11: Observational Cosmology
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Lecture 12: Inflation
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Lecture 13: Linear Perturbation Theory
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Lecture 14: Perturbation Growth and Dark Matter vs Baryonic Growth
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Lecture 15: Power Spectrum
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Lecture 16: Spherical Collapse and the Mass Function
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Lecture 17: Anisotropies in the CMB
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Lecture 18: Cosmology with the CMB
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Lecture 19: Thermal History of Dark Matter
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Lecture 20: Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Lecture 21: Lyman-Alpha Forest
Problem Sets · Problem Set
8.902 Astrophysics II: Problem Set 1
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Problem Set 1 Additional Files
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Problem Set 2
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Problem Set 3
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Problem Set 4
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Problem Set 5
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Problem Set 5 Additional Files
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Problem Set 6
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8.902 Astrophysics II: Midterm Problem Set
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Mark Vogelsberger, 8.902 Astrophysics II, Fall 2023.
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