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In the Department of Physics and Astronomy, dissertation research for the PhD in Physics may be carried out in observational, numerical, and theoretical cosmology; dark matter and dark energy; galaxy formation and evolution; active galactic nuclei and quasars; galactic and intergalactic medium; stellar atmospheres and massive stars; supernovae; the physics of the early universe, and other areas of astrophysics.