| Unit #3 |
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| Dates |
Topic |
Reading |
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| 4/9 T | Lab - Research project work day | ||
| 4/10 W | No class, watch "The design of the universe" by George Smoot | ||
| 4/12 F | Galaxy clusters | 22.1, 22.3, 20.2, 3.4 | |
| 4/15 M | Cosmology and Geometry | 23.1-3 | |
| 4/16 T |
Lab - Observing trip or Research project work day | ||
| 4/17 W | The Big Bang | 23.3 | HW #11 is due |
| 4/19 F | Cosmological models pdf | 23.5, 24.1-24.2 | |
| 4/22 M | continued | |
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| 4/23 T |
Lab - Observing trip or Research project work day | ||
| 4/24 W | BBN + Inflation | 24.3-24.4 | HW #12 is due |
| 4/26 F | continued | |
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| 4/29 M | Did
X-Ray Binaries Help Heat the Early Universe? |
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| 4/30 T |
Lab - Research project work day | ||
| 5/1 W |
Review |
HW #13 is due | |
| 5/3 F |
Exam #3 | |
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| 5/6 M |
Laboratory Project Presentations | ||
| 5/8 W |
continued | ||
| 5/10 F |
Review |
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| Unit #2 |
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| Dates |
Topic
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Reading
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Homework |
| 2/25 M | The Milky Way | 19.1-19.2, 19.7 | |
| 2/26 T | Lab - Complete write-up of Eclipsing Binary Stars | ||
| 2/27 W |
Milky Way continued | ||
| 3/1 F |
Milky Way continued |
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| 3/4 M |
Galaxies | 20.1-20.5 | HW #6 is due |
| 3/5 T |
Lab - Spectra of Wolf-Rayet Stars | ||
| 3/6 W |
Galaxies continued | |
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| 3/8 F |
White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars | 18.1-18.2 | |
| 3/11 M |
Relativity | 23.3 | HW #7 is due |
| 3/12 T |
Lab - Research project work day | ||
| 3/13 W |
Relativity continued | ||
| 3/15 F |
Black holes | 18.3 | |
| 3/18-22 |
Spring Break | |
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| 3/25 M |
Active Galactic Nuclei | 21.1-21.3 | HW #8 is due |
| 3/26 T |
Lab - Astronomical Redshifts |
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| 3/27 W |
Jets and Intermediate Mass Black Holes | ||
| 3/29 F |
"Gamma-ray
bursts and the Birth of Black Holes" by Neil Gehrels |
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| 4/1 M | Gamma-ray bursts | HW #9 is due | |
| 4/2 T |
Lab - Research project work day |
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| 4/3 W | More on Gamma-ray
bursts |
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| 4/5 F | Review | HW #10 is not due | |
| 4/8 M | Exam #2 answers |
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| Unit #1 |
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| Dates |
Topic |
Reading |
Homework |
| 1/22 T |
No Lab |
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| 1/23 W |
Scales
of
the Universe in space, time, and motion |
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| 1/25 F |
Night
sky |
1.1-1.5 |
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| 1/28 M |
Parallax, angular size Scientific method | 2.6.2, 13.1, 13.4 | HW #1 is due |
| 1/29 T |
Lab - Parallax |
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| 1/30 W |
Stars: flux, luminosity, color, and temperature | 13.2, 13.3, 5.7 | |
| 2/1 F |
Watch Mythbusters for
homework #2 |
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| 2/4 M |
Stars:
radius and mass |
13.4, 13.5 |
HW #2 is due |
| 2/5 T |
Lab - Stellar
Photometry |
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| 2/6 W |
Stars:
the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram |
13.6, 14.2-14.4 |
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| 2/8 F |
Main
sequence stars Random
walk |
15.1-15.4 |
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| 2/11 M |
Formation of Stars | 16.1-2, 17.1 | HW #3 is due |
| 2/12 T |
Lab - Eclipsing Binary Stars | ||
| 2/13 W |
Formation of Stars continued | |
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| 2/15 F |
Stellar Evolution | 18.1, 17.2-3 | EC #1
is due |
| 2/18 M |
Stellar evolution continued | |
HW #4 is due |
| 2/19 T |
Lab - Exoplanet
Discovery |
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| 2/20 W |
Stellar evolution continued,
review (Solutions to HW #5) |
HW #5 is not due | |
| 2/22 F |
Exam #1 (Equation sheet) |
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