| Date |
Topic |
Reading |
Assignment Due |
| Mon Aug 26 |
Introduction |
|
|
| Wed Aug 28 |
Cosmic ingredients: basic physics |
|
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| Fri Aug 30 |
Cosmic ingredients: stellar structure and evolution |
SG 1.1 |
|
| Mon Sept 2 |
No Lecture: Labor Day |
| Wed Sept 4 |
Cosmic ingredients: stellar structure and evolution |
SG 1.1 |
|
| Fri Sept 6 |
Milky Way Galaxy: Overview and History |
SG 1.2, 2.1
| PS 1 |
| Mon Sep 9 |
Gravitation |
SG 3.1 |
|
| Wed Sep 11 |
Milky Way mapping: gas |
SG 1.2, 2.2 |
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| Fri Sep 13 |
Milky Way mapping: stars |
SG 2.2 |
PS 2 |
| Mon Sep 16 |
Milky Way: rotation |
SG 2.3 |
|
| Wed Sep 18 |
Gravitational lensing |
SG 2.3.4 |
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| Fri Sep 20 |
Microlensing, dark matter, and galactic structure |
SG 2.3.4
| PS 3
|
| Mon Sep 23 |
A theory of spiral stucture |
SG 3.3, 5.4-5.4.2 |
|
| Wed Sep 25 |
The Galactic nucleus |
SG 2.3.3 |
|
| Fri Sep 27
| The black hole at the center of the Galaxy |
SG 2.3.3
| PS 4
|
| Mon Sep 30 |
Globular Clusters |
SG 2.2.3, 3.2.3 |
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| Wed Oct 2 |
Galaxies: Introduction |
SG 1.3 |
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| Fri Oct 4 |
Galaxies: dynamics and dark matter |
SG 5.1.2, 5.3 |
PS 5 |
| Mon Oct 7 |
Galaxy photometry |
SG 1.3.1 |
|
| Wed Oct 9 |
Elliptical galaxies |
SG 6.1, 6.4 |
|
| Fri Oct 11 |
Interacting galaxies |
SG 7.1, 5.6.2 |
PS 6 |
| Mon Oct 14 |
The Local Group |
SG 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 4.5 |
|
| Wed Oct 16 |
Clusters and superclusters |
SG 6.5, 1.4 |
|
| Fri Oct 18 |
Hour Exam |
| Mon Oct 21 |
No Lecture |
|
|
| Wed Oct 23 |
Introduction to Cosmology |
SG 1.4, 7.1, 7.2 |
|
| Thurs Oct 24 |
Planetarium Show |
| Fri Oct 25 |
Cosmodynamics |
|
PS 7 |
| Mon Oct 28 |
The Friedmann equations |
|
|
| Wed Oct 30 |
Friedmann solutions |
|
|
| Fri Nov 1 |
Density and Destiny |
|
PS 8 |
| Mon Nov 4 |
Dark energy: evidence and implications |
|
|
| Wed Nov 6 |
The Early Universe |
|
|
| Fri Nov 8 |
Cosmic microwave background: theory |
|
PS 9 |
| Mon Nov 11 |
Cosmic microwave background: observations |
|
|
| Wed Nov 13 |
Big bang nucleosynthesis |
|
|
| Fri Nov 15 |
Particle physics and the early universe |
|
PS 10 |
| Mon Nov 18 |
Big bang nucleosynthesis: theory |
|
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| Wed Nov 20 |
Where is the antimatter? |
|
|
| Fri Nov 22 |
Big bang nucleosynthesis: observations |
|
PS 11 |
| Nov 25--29 |
No Lecture: Thanksgiving |
| Mon Dec 2 |
Big bang nucleosynthesis and the early universe |
|
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| Wed Dec 4 |
Dark matter and particle cosmology |
|
|
| Fri Dec 6 |
Inflation |
|
PS 12 |
| Mon Dec 9 |
Cosmic structure formation |
|
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| Wed Dec 11 |
Cosmic structure formation |
|
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| Fri Dec 20 |
Final Exam 8:00-11:00 am |