ASTR 596/496 NPA: Spring 2019

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.

Date Topic Assignment Due
Mon Jan 14 Introduction
Wed Jan 16 Preliminaries: Solar System Abundances
Fri Jan 18 Preliminaries: Nuclear Physics Overview
Mon Jan 21 No Class Meeting--MLK Day
Wed Jan 23 Preliminaries: Nuclear Masses and Shell Model
Fri Jan 25 Preliminaries: Nuclear Decays Preflight 1
Mon Jan 28 Perliminaries: Nuclear Reactions
Wed Jan 30 No class meeting: Polar Vortex!
Fri Feb 1 Cross Sections Problem Set 1
Mon Feb 4 Thermonuclear Reaction Rates
Wed Feb 6 TBA
Fri Feb 8 Cosmology: Cosmological Principle Preflight 2
Mon Feb 11 Cosmology: Kinematics and Exansion
Wed Feb 13 Cosmology: Cosmodynamics
Fri Feb 15 Cosmology: the Microwave Background Problem Set 2
Mon Feb 18 Particle Physics I
Wed Feb 20 Particle Physics I
Fri Feb 22 The Early Universe: Statistical Mechanics Preflight 3
Mon Feb 25 Primordial Nucleosynthesis: Cosmic Context and Initial Conditions
Wed Feb 27 Primordial Nucleosynthesis: Weak Freezeout and Element Production
Fri Mar 1 Primordial Nucleosynthesis: Observations Problem Set 3
Mon Mar 4 TBA
Wed Mar 6 Primordial Nucleosynthesis: Concordance and Implications
Fri Mar 8 The Early Universe: Nonbaryonic Dark Matter Preflight 4
Mon Mar 11 The Early Universe: Dark Matter Searches and Outlook
Wed Mar 13 TBA
Fri Mar 15 TBA
Mar 18 - 22 No Class Meeting--Spring Break
Mon Mar 25 Early Universe: Dark Matter and the WIMP Miracle
Wed Mar 27 Early Universe: WIMPs Searches and Dark Matter Outlook
Fri Mar 29 Early Universe: Baryogenesis Problem Set 4
Mon Apr 1 Solar Neutrinos: Structure of the Sun
Wed Apr 3 Solar Neutrinos: Expectations and Observations
Fri Apr 5 TBA Preflight 5
Mon Apr 8 Solar Neutrinos: Neutrino Oscillations
Wed Apr 10 Solar Neutrinos: Neutrino Oscillations
Fri Apr 12 Supernovae: Core Collapse and Neutrinos Problem Set 5
Mon Apr 15 Supernovae: Explosion, Neutrinos, and SN1987A
Wed Apr 17 Gamma-Ray Bursts: Discovery and Great Debate
Fri Apr 19 Gamma-Ray Bursts: Afterglows and Populations Preflight 6
Mon Apr 22 Gamma-Ray Bursts: GW170817 and Kilonovae
Wed Apr 24 Beyond the Iron Peak: s-Process
Fri Apr 26 Beyond the Iron Peak: r-Process Physics Problem Set 6
Mon Apr 29 Kilonovae and r-process
Wed May 1 Galactic Chemical Evolution and Finale Final Problem Set Assigned
Mon May 6 Final Problem Set Due 10:00pm