ASTR 596/496 NPA: Fall 2009

Course Schedule

Lecture material may vary, but due dates are fixed. Visit this page for updates.

The webpages for all class meetings will be stored here; each page includes the lecture notes for that class. You are encouraged to come here to review the topics covered, the images shown, and to follow the links to further information.

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Date Topic Assignment Due
Mon Aug 24 Introduction
Wed Aug 26 Preliminaries: Solar System Abundances
Fri Aug 28 Preliminaries: Nuclear Physics Overview
Mon Aug 31 Preliminaries: Shell Model and Nuclear Decays
Wed Sept 2 Preliminaries: Nuclear Reactions
Fri Sept 4 Perliminaries: Thermonuclear Reaction Rates Preflight 1
Mon Sept 7 No Class Meeting: Labor Day
Wed Sept 9 Preliminaries: Particle Physics Overview
Fri Sept 11 Particle Physics: Families and Interactions Problem Set 1
Mon Sept 14 Cosmology: Cosmography
Wed Sept 16 Cosmology: Cosmodynamics
Fri Sept 18 Cosmology: Friedmann Equation Preflight 2
Mon Sept 21 Cosmology: Weight and Fate
Wed Sept 23 Cosmology: The Dark Side and the Early Universe
Fri Sept 25 Cosmology: Cosmic Thermal History Problem Set 2
Mon Sept 28 Primordial Nucleosynthesis: Cosmic Context and Initial Conditions
Wed Sept 30 Primordial Nucleosynthesis: Weak Freezeout and Element Production
Fri Oct 2 Primordial Nucleosynthesis: Observations Preflight 3
Mon Oct 5 Primordial Nucleosynthesis: Concordance and Implications
Wed Oct 7 Primordial Nucleosynthesis: Beyond the Standard Model
Fri Oct 9 The Early Universe: Particle Dark Matter Problem Set 3
Mon Oct 12 The Early Universe: the WIMP Miracle
Wed Oct 14 The Early Universe: Dark Matter Detection
Fri Oct 16 The Early Universe: Baryogenesis Preflight 4
Mon Oct 19 The Early Universe: Baryogenesis
Wed Oct 21 Solar Neutrinos: Solar Structure Neutrino Production
Fri Oct 23 Solar Neutrinos: Neutrino Observatories Problem Set 4
Mon Oct 26 Solar Neutrinos: Neutrino Oscillations
Wed Oct 28 Supernovae: Pre-Collapse Evolution and Nucleosynthesis
Fri Oct 30 Supernovae: Core Collapse and Neutrinos Preflight 5
Mon Nov 2 Supernovae: 1987A
Wed Nov 4 No class meeting
Fri Nov 6 Supernovae, Gamma-Ray Bursts Problem Set 5
Mon Nov 9 Gamma-Ray Bursts: Debate and Afterglows
Wed Nov 11 Gamma-Ray Bursts: Engines and Cosmology
Fri Nov 13 Supernovae: Type Ia Explosions
Mon Nov 16 Beyond the Iron Peak Preflight 6
Wed Nov 18 Beyond the Iron Peak: s-Process
Fri Nov 20 Beyond the Iron Peak: r-Process
Nov 23 -- 27 No Class Meeting--Thanksgiving
Mon Nov 30 Cosmic Rays: Observed Properties
Wed Dec 2 Cosmic Rays: Propagation and Acceleration Problem Set 6
Fri Dec 4 Cosmic Rays: Nucleosynthesis and Gamma-Ray Production
Mon Dec 7 Cosmic Rays: Atmospheric Neutrinos
Wed Dec 9 Galactic Chemical Evoution and Finale
Brian D. Fields
Last modified: Thu Dec 3 11:12:02 CST 2009